Judge, 1930-10-11 · page 3 of 36
Judge — October 11, 1930 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page, October 9, 1930 The page features a satirical column titled "Judging the News" with several brief political jabs, alongside a cartoon labeled "Taxi!" The cartoon depicts a taxi-cab appearing to descend from clouds, with an aggressive caricatured figure (possibly a politician or public figure) wielding what looks like a weapon or tool. The overall impression suggests chaos or danger emerging from the taxi. The brief text snippets mock various news items: a Maine election result, a missing Boston financier, Harvard student health statistics, Pompeii's disappearance, and New York City's street cleaning failures. The "Taxi!" cartoon likely satirizes taxi-related crime or corruption—common concerns in 1930s New York. Without clearer identification of the figure, the specific target remains somewhat unclear, though it appears to critique urban disorder or criminal activity associated with the taxi industry.
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Jack Suutttewortu, Editor Grorce Jean NATHAN De RAY ) Ricuarp J. Watsu Swwney S. Lenz, Contributing Editors JUDGING THE NEWS T" Democrats might have polled more votes in the Maine election if they had pointed out that the “Maine Stein Song” was a development of the Hoover era. A aissinc Boston financier was last 2% seen on the golf links. The hers should leave no divot un- arned, at Ja i copyrighted py itin the 5 Sand Gi Secretary, 18 Past 48th Street, New York, N. Ye Ap it comes to mind that Pompeii once had a Crater case and the whole city disappeared. Puvstcat exam ion records show the present generation at Harvard averages 149.48 pounds while their fathers averaged only 141.33 pounds. But when father was a boy he didn’t have a raccoon coat. 1 wat New Orleans diver who tried to establish an endurance record for staying on the bottom probably got his idea from the New York stock market. O ve trouble with New York's pub- lic servants seems to be that the cleaning-up has not been confined to the Street Cleaning Dep't. comicbooks.com