Judge, 1930-07-26 · page 4 of 36
Judge — July 26, 1930 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two separate humor pieces: **Top cartoon ("Why the Engagement Was Broken"):** A satirical list of reasons a woman ended her engagement, mocking her perceived frivolousness—she can't distinguish colors, knows every popular song, cries at movies, and had four previous engagements. The accompanying illustration shows a man in a car speaking to a woman, with the caption "Wife—Yes, dear, I grazed something, but can't you bend it back?" The joke suggests the woman is so shallow she'd rather discuss car damage than important matters. **Bottom cartoon ("Will ya be needing any cracked ice, Senator?"):** Shows a man (apparently a senator) at what appears to be an ice delivery or storage facility. The humor likely references Prohibition-era politics—senators or politicians obtaining "cracked ice" as a euphemism for illegal alcohol, satirizing hypocrisy among lawmakers who publicly supported Prohibition while privately accessing liquor.
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JUDGE Why the Engagement Was Broken B“ avse she couldn't tell the differ- ence between a red and green | light and thought the whole thing | silly anyway. | Beeause she knew every word of | every popular song written since the Civil War and ause she would in- terrupt any conversation if she saw Ti something she thought was “funny.” i Because at least once a week she | wanted to know how banks ever made H any money, ] Because she would invariably ery | at movies and then insist on going somewhere to dance in order to feel cheerful, Because she had been engaged four times before. Because her father lost a great deal . } of money in the stock market. Wire—Yes, dear, I grazed something, but can't you bend it back? ? | —P.L. | | News from the Summer Resorts | Ture HUNDRED nature lovers at | kK a reptile study club last Tuesday eve- 15) ning. Four of them left for the first | reptile study stroll the following morning. ] Fy The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion publishes the following reduced summer freight rates to the Catskill Mountains: Pinochle decks, 4¢ per hundred pounds; pinochle chips, 3¢ per hundred pounds; pinochle play- ers, free. Advertisement from the Porgy Park Tribune: “Wanted—Man of ex- ceptional bravery and brilliant diplo- macy. One who fears nothing and possesses boundless tact and patience. The lucky man meeting these qualif cations will be appointed judge of the | August baby parade.” | The North American Carpet Works at Fort Wayne has just received a rush order to manufacture and ship three thousand antique Oriental rugs to Hagopian’s Armenian Auction ‘ Rooms on the boardwalk at Plunder Beach, N. Four thousand vacationists who watched the fish net being raised at Peterson's Pier yesterday afternoon were rewarded of the fol- lowing fascinating net haul: 3 floun- ders, 1 cel, 6 razor-blades (rusted), ‘a polka-dot bathing cap, 1 suicidal sea | robin and a man named uthier who was surprised while swimming under water. “Will ya be needing any cracked ice, Senator?” —Antuor L, Lippmann 2 comicbooks.com