Judge, 1930-10-25 · page 13 of 36
Judge — October 25, 1930 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains satirical content mocking 1920s American business culture and consumer practices. **"Success Hints"** section ridicules get-rich-quick schemes and dubious career advice popular at the time—miniature golf courses, "black-face comedy teams," organizing fake advocacy associations for salary, and writing platitudes attributed to celebrities like Calvin Coolidge to newspapers. **"Tom Thumb Stuff"** cartoon depicts a dispute at a miniature golf establishment. A customer protests being charged 25 cents for 18 holes when a competitor across the street charges 15 cents. The owner defends his higher price by claiming he serves imported Swiss cheese, implying his "domestic" competitor sells inferior goods. The satire targets both small-business price gouging and consumer gullibility—the absurdity that cheese quality justifies double pricing for the same service. **"Free Wheeling"** photograph (top) shows what appears to be an actual attraction or con, supporting the page's theme of questionable American enterprises. The satire reflects post-1920s skepticism toward commercialism and business ethics.
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Success Hints :N a miniature golf course. Get a good listener for a partner and organize a black-face comedy | team, \j T pullets to reduce, for the wayside — chicken-dinner restaurant trade. Write paragraphs for the newspa- pers—"Honesty is, in the long run, the best policy,” “Don’t sell America short,” ete-—C. Coolidge, A. Bris! and many others have made big money writing paragraphs for the newspa- pers during their spare hours at home. Be a vice president. Pleasant sur- roundings; casy work, consisting of fastening papers together with clips ind tapping a desk with a letter- opener. This carcer will appeal to men who take pride in their personal ippearance. Organize an Association For or Against Something and receive a sal- iry as executive secretary. Organize two such associations and succeed twice as much, Don’t open a miniature golf course. —Groncr Cowina Tom Thumb Stuff A xorien slice, miste ‘ “Yes. And that’s plenty for today. Three slices ought to hold me for a while. How much do I owe you?” “T went, “What? “Twenty-five cents for ¢ holes is what we always charg. “Say, I didn’t come into this place to be robbed!” “You ain't being robbed, mister.” “Well, you won't sce me in here again !"" “Sorry you feel that way, mister. I don't see why you think twenty-five cents is too much for eighteen holes.” “You don’t, ch? Well, look across the street! See the sign over the en- trance to that place? ‘Nine Holes for 1 Dime; Eighteen Holes for 15 Cents!" How come you soak me just about twice as much?" “Well, mister, if you think you ean do better over there, go ahead. But I'm warning you they're selling do- mestie stuff, and this Swiss cheese I handle is imported direct from the Alps.” e cents.” —Cuet Jouxson JUDGE “Boy, pull down the shade!” | comicbooks.com