Judge, 1930-05-31 · page 5 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two separate satirical pieces: **"Up in the Air"** (top): A cartoon mocking Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh's transatlantic flight. The Colonel, depicted in formal attire, stands nervously at controls while his wife panics about a gas leak during their dangerous journey over mountains and fog. The satire targets both the mechanical unreliability of early aviation and the anxiety such flights provoked in the public. **"No Megaphone Handy"** (bottom): A commentary on how modern technology—radio, airplanes—has transformed American life and communication. The text sardonically notes that rapid change has made traditional institutions (dinner checks, judicial decorum) seem quaint. The illustration shows children playing with a naval gun, suggesting technology's pervasive cultural impact. Both pieces reflect 1920s-30s ambivalence about rapid technological change.
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JUDGE Up In the Air Cores and Mrs. Lindbergh's plane raced through the clouds at a specd well over a hundred miles an hour. Below them towered the snow- ' capped peaks of huge mountains. Ahead of them was a blanket of fog that presaged dangerous flying condi- tions. With his eyes glued to the instru- ments, the Colonel kept the ship on a y course, ever pitting his. skill nst the forces of nature. The motor roared a new age symphony mile after mile was speedily covered. Suddenly the Colonel felt a tug on the telephone have Could anything ppened to the precious passen- ] ger in the seat behind? Anxiously he turned his head. “Anything wrong?” he yelled. “The gas! The gas!" cried his plucky little wife. A terrible thought flashed thro his mind. Probably a leak in the gas »y were, high above men- aks and grim canyons, with anding place for miles! “Turn back!" bergh. “What's the om Colonel. leak af “The gas! The gas!" answered ce Mrs. Lindbergh as the plane zoomed \) ten feet above the tip of a mountain pine. “I think I forgot to turn off the gas in the kitchen before we left!" shouted Mrs. Lind- tter?” yelled the Artiucr L. Lirepaann brn _ (Oey “Coming events cast their shadows before.” No Megaphone Handy Then there was the Rudy Va imitator who sang the Stein Song through a cardboard container. And the only other guy we ever | heard who could talk as fast as a radie | fight announcer was the guy who sold ] us the blamed thing. The airplane, they say, has changed our mode of living in’ this country. And, of course, our mode of dying. Dora is so dumb she thinks the Scotchmen who fought with Wallace and Bruce fought with them over who should pay the dinner checks or some- thing. ms some judges and pro- on their days off, get themselves indicted. The cozswain gets megaphone trouble. COMIEHOoksS'com