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# "The Plumber Elopes" - Judge Magazine, July 2, 1930 This cartoon satirizes marital infidelity during the Depression era. The caption "The Plumber Elopes" depicts a working-class tradesman abandoning his family—shown as wife and children watching from a car window—to flee with another woman in a separate vehicle. The joke plays on class stereotypes: the "plumber" represents a manual laborer, and the cartoon mocks the notion that even working-class men might abandon domestic responsibilities for romantic escapades. The 1930 date places this during economic hardship, making the desertion seem particularly irresponsible. The accompanying editorial snippets ("Judging the News") address unrelated political and social topics of the period, including disarmament efforts and automobile safety—typical of Judge's satirical format mixing commentary with humor.
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Jack Suurreworrn, Editor Georce Jeax Natiay Rictiaro J. Watsit Siosey S. Lenz, Contributing Editors JUDGING THE NEWS hayen't_ much sympathy with ator Ree complaint that his radio speech was stopped by a fake SOS. He ought to do his talk- ing in the Senate where apparently nothing can stop a speech, Ave Sharkey doesn’t keep up with thestylenewsand thinks the waist- line is still down around the knees. Te Government may not have made much progress toward disarma- ment, but it does begin to look as though they had at last gotten rid of Cannon. AD? there wouldn't be any worry about aeroplane propellers com- ing off if they were fastened on the way the tops of glass fruit jars are. The Plumber Elopes. Sevenat automobile manufacturers, we learn, are now building radios in their cars. Which provides another excellent reason for not taking motor trips this summer. A’ there is this to be said in favor of railroad time tables: Even if you are looking at the wrong one it probably docsn’t matter. JUDGE, Volume 99, No. 2540, July 5. 1930. 1879. Additional entry at Jamatea. Lt. N and copyrighted 1030, by It In the U. 3. and Great Bri Beeretary, 18 East 48th St., New Yi SY. Parties $5.00 a year. 15¢ a enpy. tain: Fred L. Rogan, President; Ridney 8. 1 vular attent vi Of Hection 3 of the Copyright Law of the U. 8. 1 a0, Entered as Second-Claas Matter, October 21, 1881. at the Post OMice at New York Cit y Published weekly by Judge Publishing Co.. Ine. 18 Fast isth Street, New Y 1. Vice President: Vernal W. Rati Joseph T. Cooney, Hon Is called to the fact that every article and picture appearing in JUDGE ts protected under the pro- comicbooks.com