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# Analysis of Judge Page **"At the Fights"** (top cartoon): A man in formal wear flies through the air after being knocked out of a boxing ring. The caption jokes that while "the bout is ended, but the razzberry lingers on"—satirizing boxing spectators' rowdy behavior and lack of decorum. **"Doctor Ditties: The Plastic Surgeon"** (bottom section): A poem by Arthur L. Lippmann mocks cosmetic surgery, particularly surgeons who reshape faces and noses for wealthy clients. It critiques both the vanity of patients seeking "beauty" and the doctors profiting from insecurity. The right column contains various satirical social observations about unemployment, Paris radio broadcasts, and undercover detectives. The humor targets 1920s-era excesses: violent entertainment culture, cosmetic surgery trends, and contemporary social anxieties.

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At the Fights The bout is ended, but the razz- berry lingers on. Another thing to be thankful f That Floyd Gibbons isn’t your barber. The unemployment situation — is really serious when the length of the bread-line equals the line at the pub lic golf links. We must have had Paris on the radio last night—all we could hear was “Oui-i-o! QOui-i-i!” Then there was the concern in Scot- land that celebrated its fiftieth anni- versary in business by getting a new typewriter ribbon, And one place where you won't hear any disparaging remarks about the “old man” is in the household of Mussolini's son-in-law. ve a little pity on the under dog: id the girl to her clumsy dane ing partner, We're paying our laundry bill by instalments because that’s the way we get our shirts back. Fifty million Frenchmen. can’t: Le wrong and Mussolini right. Then there's the girl who thinks “Hey, take it easy! I’ve never been up before.” undercover men are those who are “Neither have I.” found under tables in night clubs. Doctor Ditties The Plastic Surgeon A tidy sum he yearly makes Correcting Nature’s sad mistakes. The face that sinks or sags or shifts acticed skill he gently lifts. ammoth nose, designed for duty, He gives the added boon of beauty, Provided one can pay the price— (For precedent, see Fanny Brice). All praise to him, the wondrous wiz Who renovates the human phiz And glorifies, for us poor creatures, Our far-from-fancy facial features! —Artuvr L, Lirpsany Dora isn’t so far wrong this time, either. She says no wonder people get headaches after drinking nowa- days when the stuff they drink makes them hit the ceiling all the time. “Why didn’t you look where I was driving?” comicbooks.com