Judge, 1930-11-22 · page 3 of 36
Judge — November 22, 1930 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis: Judge Magazine This page is primarily **advertising and book reviews** rather than political satire. The left side features product ads (cough drops, sleeping aids, mentholyptus products) using glamorous female faces—typical 1920s-30s marketing targeting health-conscious consumers. The main content is "Judging the Books," a review section critiquing recent publications. The reviewer discusses Al Capone biographies (noting the gangster's unavoidable notoriety), Frank Buck's animal adventure narratives, and Charles B. Driscoll's "Dormloons" (apparently a humorous campus story). The right side advertises **Camelot**, a board game, with period-appropriate chess-themed imagery. The tone is light entertainment rather than political commentary, reflecting the magazine's shift toward lifestyle content and consumer culture by this era.
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lief! Soothing | — calming — re- laxing.AnS.B.Cough Drop stops even a stub- born cough—double quick. TakeonS.B. | Cough Drop, before you face, “cough-and-cold”, weother, ... S. B.'s give | thorough throat protection | | Frank got from some old books grow more at bedtime! gives you and yourthroat rest for | the night. No2 A.M. coughs to bother you! { $.8.BLACK | — MENTHOL SUDGING“ BOOKS Fe want of a more a the new book on Al raphy, although it actually is a ] ly thrown together mass of what- | not about the landed estate owner of As such it makes better an Detective Story Maga- ctual biographical »'s First Citizen must be, | guesswork beyond the though we cannot understand why Capone cannot be handled like any other big business man—most of whom, as soon as they get the least bit successful, want to have their memoirs dashed off. Ca- pone is probably burning to get into print, although we imagine if the book turned out to have a split infinitive, the unfortunate writer would go on the spot. In any case, read Al Ca- pone and expect an exhaustive com- pendium of newspaper clippings re- barest outlin written by a competent newspaper re- write man—who probably never went further than the morgue—in his office —to get his material. naxx Beck has poured the ac- count of his experiences hunter into the ghostly ear of E Anthony, and we get entertainment the kingly order in “Bring "Em The hard n to dip into the jungles of th and, without benefit of gun, capture wild alive to refurbish the zoos « cuses of the world. Each of his ea tures is galvanized with thrills, opening one in which a harmless turns lion being the high-wate of the general excitement. Only in the mbly account of the sadistic Ma- h’s tiger docs the book strike a note, it sounding like ast Indian Little by little our big game dible—the old at- fear and - als mark fishwife. titude of melod breadth horror ¢ ‘ » nearly to let trou- | ble alone or run away from it. “Dyocatooss.” very misleadingly | subtitled “The Story of Buried Treasure” (probably in the hope that it will turn out to be another “Story of Philosophy” or something) is a labor of love by Charles B. Driscoll. Mr. Driscoll is a buried treasure fan, and in this book he telis you about all the millions of dollars’ worth of ready money there is, just lying around waiting to be dug up. We wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Driscoll’s labor of love brought him in a nice mess of (Continued on next page) 1 - |say so, too, most | - | you have played t! one | Ghen, in the meadow of Gamelot + Sir Galahad began to break spears marvalousty and all men had wonder of him: | for he there Surpassed all other hnights Are you a Sir Galahad? Well—let us hope so!—let us hope so! Prove your case by getting busy et CAMELOT. You will need your wits, as well as your cap-a-piel Sidney S. Lenz says of Camelot, “It's a remarkable game. | play ita lot. E. V. Shepard calls it “a masterpiece|—a new delight.” Milton C. Work says, “It is one of the few really great games.” All say, “It is great fun,” and you will peatle reader, when ree games. | > | The fact is, Camelot gets one! CAMELOT Camelot fils the wide space which for some cen turies hes exi than Checkers, on vastly simpler and easier then Chess $25. jon, Heavy Boord on, Red AT DEALERS’ o+ by mail. PASTIME PICTURE PUZZLES Absolutely Fascinating! Beautiful, richly colored res wonderful Amusement and mind rest. ) Exquisitely cut, finely fn- ished, they ere @ delight to handle. Price, $1 to $20. Write for Illustrated Circular Today, | Other Fomoes PARKER GAMES: Touring, Ping-Pong, Rook, Pit, Pesity, Pollyanna, Lindy, Wings, etc. “The Standard of Excellence in Games” PARKER BROTHERS xc comicbooks:com