Judge, 1930-06-28 · page 12 of 37
Judge — June 28, 1930 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"The Eternal Triangle"**: A domestic comedy where a wife insists her husband visit their baby in the next room, sarcastically calling the situation an "eternal triangle"—a play on the melodramatic phrase typically meaning romantic infidelity. The joke is the mundane domestic reality versus the dramatic language. **"See America First"**: Brief one-liners mocking 1920s-30s American life, including jibes at billboards blocking scenic views, the difficulty of affording prosperity, Hoover's commissions, and reckless drivers. **"The Commutation Ticket That Jack Bought"**: A cumulative-verse satire (mimicking "This Is the House That Jack Built") about a commutation ticket's chaotic journey through multiple people, ending with Jack paying $16.75 to replace it—mocking bureaucratic inefficiency and the domino-effect consequences of minor losses. **"Miami and Capone"**: A brief, cryptic jab at Al Capone, suggesting the famous Chicago gangster should leave the South—likely referencing contemporary Prohibition-era organized crime concerns.
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The Eternal Triangle “[™ tinep of it all, John. Go to her!” “Now, my dear, don’t you think. . .” “TH not argue, John. She's in the next room. Just walk in and ie “It doesn’t seem right, Ma only yesterday I said to her... “Yes. I suppose you re: lieved it, too. Men are all alike.” “My dear, please understand me: Of course I like her a lot, but...” “You heard what I said, John. It’s the eternal triangle all over again. But my mind is made up. She's in the next room, crying. I heard you call her your own sweet baby. All right! You take this triangle in there and see that you don't spill talcum powder all over everything this time, too!” JUDGE See America First There's a lot of good scenery to be admired this year, if you are lucky enough to find a billboard with a knothole in it. Prosperity would be all right if we didn’t have such a devil of a time pay- ing for it. Dora wants to know if a man gets a sal while working on one of Hoover's commissions, And the orange drink stands, too, seem to have adopted a general policy of navel reduction. The trouble with a lot of drivers is that they detour from the highway where there isn’t any detour. “Thank Gosh, I ain't married!” The Commutation Ticket That Jack Bought Ts is the ticket that Jack bought. This is the case that held the ticket that Jack bought. This is the neighbor that borrowed the case that held the ticket that Jack bought. This is the wife that married the neighbor that borrowed the case that held the ticket that Jack bought. This is the friend that sponged on the wife that married the neighbor that borrowed the case that held the ticket that Jack bought. This is the collector that passed the friend that sponged on the wife that married the neighbor that bor- rowed the case that held the ticket that Jack bought. This is the trainman that knew the collector that passed the friend that sponged on the wife that married the neighbor that borrowed the case that held the ticket that Jack bought. This is the conductor that suspected the trainman that knew the collector that passed the friend that sponged on the wife that married the neighbor that borrowed the case that held the ticket that Jack bought. This is the $16.75 that Jack had to pay to replace his confiscated com- mutation ticket. —A.L. L. Miami and Capone Or Cigarface Al Capone is a great big man from the South, and the sooner he’s from there the better they'll like it. comicbooks.com