Judge, 1930-10-11 · page 12 of 36
Judge — October 11, 1930 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# "Judge" Magazine - "Noble Experiments" This satirical page mocks absurd state and local laws through illustrated vignettes. Each cartoon presents a real (or plausibly real) ridiculous ordinance: - **Los Angeles**: Prohibits false whiskers—illustrated by police confronting a suspicious figure - **Georgia**: Restricts oyster harvesting to traditional tongs only - **North Carolina**: Bans gasoline sales during church hours—shown by a closed gas station - **Zion, Illinois**: Makes "ugly faces" a jailable offense—depicted as a child grimacing at a stern officer - **Pennsylvania**: Forbids singing in bathtubs—shown comically in a bathtub scene The page's title, "Noble Experiments," uses irony to critique government overreach and legislative absurdity. The satire suggests that well-intentioned local laws often become laughably restrictive and unenforceable, poking fun at small-town governance and moral legislation during what appears to be the early-to-mid 20th century.
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JUDGE In Los Angeles there is an ordinance “prohibiting the wearing of false whiskers.” If any person in Georgia shall take or catch oys ters by the use of any other instrument than oyster tongs, heretofore in’ general use for taking oysters, he shail be guilty of a misdemeanor. In North Carolina the law forbids \ the sale of gasoline during church \ \ hours. It is a crime, in Zion, Illinois, punishable by a jail sentence, to make an ugly face at anyone. There is a Pennsylvania __ law forbidding singing in a the bathtub, © NOBLE EXPERIMENTS 10 comicbooks.com