Judge, 1930-06-14 · page 5 of 36
Judge — June 14, 1930 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two separate humor pieces: **"Maybe You Know This One"** (top): A magic trick demonstration where a magician makes an object disappear from between a child's fingers. The joke plays on the absurdity of a commonplace magic trick—the text suggests even regular people routinely perform it, comparing it sarcastically to other everyday frustrations like figuring out tax deductions. **"Helping Hands"** (bottom): A cartoon about summons for speeding tickets. The dialogue satirizes how traffic violations are used to generate revenue, with the joke that judges and police don't care about the driver's actual guilt—it's purely profit-driven. The beach scene shows people enjoying themselves while being ticketed, emphasizing the arbitrary nature of enforcement. Both pieces mock bureaucratic absurdity and institutional indifference through exaggeration.
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JUDGE Maybe You Know This One I: one of the most amazing and baf- fling tricks. And we do it per- fectly. Keating's disappearing bird- e stunt looks like the work of an teur in comparison, We take the thing between the third and fourth fingers. Hold it up. Let everyone sce it. Invite anyone to ex- amine it carefully. Then... presto! ... It's gone! Vanished. Absolutely and completely. Not up our sleeve. Just gone. It’s a weird act. We've done it for rs. It's so darned mystifying we given up trying to figure it out. t even recall when we learned the But then other people seem to have the same trouble every week with their pay checks. Scientists say time flows both way Just like a tube of tooth-paste a your wife had used it once. Graxpaa—What'’s he singing about? “He says he wishes he was in Dixie.” “T wish he was, too!” Helping Hands With the first summons of the season “Why, you weren't speeding. Hell, no! I was right behind you, and you weren't doing a bit over twenty-five. I'd fight it.’ “They're just out to make examples of a few right now at the beginning of the season. I don't know what you can do about it. You're not even a Democrat, are you?” “You ought to have had a_ five- dollar bill folded up with your license. Su-re, they all fall for that—they’re just highwaymen with a State license to practice, that’s all!” “Well, it's a good thing you didn’t try to pay him off. Pretty risky busi- ness. Don Herold tried it with a dol- lar, and the cop not only had him up in court, but handled him pretty roughly, too. Of course, a dollar isn’t even cigarette money to those boys, but it’s risky, any way you figure it.” “Just got to put it down to profit and loss, that’s all. Doesn't make a difference how many witnesses you got—no judge is going to belic 3 body but the cops. Just pay and shut up.” “Personally, I've gotten so I can look at these thin; a more philo- sophical light. They're bound to hap- pen every so often—like toothache, or or topped drives. And when ppen to somebody else, why— vely enjoy ‘em! They make me feel good all over.” —Staniey Jones The Winnah!!" comicbooks.com