Judge, 1930-11-29 · page 12 of 36
Judge — November 29, 1930 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis: Judge Magazine Page ## Main Cartoon: "Installment Collector's Day Off" This satirical narrative follows an installment collector (a debt collector) on his day off—ironically, he spends it chasing down *others* who owe *him* money. The humor lies in the role reversal: he unsuccessfully pursues a friend for a $5 loan (receives only 50 cents), tracks down moved-away in-laws, and returns home exhausted and hungry to find his own wife absent. The satire targets the frustrations of small-scale creditors in early 20th-century America, when installment buying and personal loans were common but enforcement was haphazard and time-consuming. The collector experiences firsthand the evasion tactics he normally uses professionally—people being unavailable, addresses changing, dead ends. ## Supporting Content The page includes humorous "facts" mocking Prohibition enforcement and the black market, a college section on scalping theatre tickets, and a shipwreck survivor cartoon. These are typical Judge magazine filler material satirizing contemporary social conditions and absurdities.
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The chap who never believed in doing things halfway does his apartment JUDGE Installment Collector’s Day Off Cc ts at friend Smith’s house. Smith's wife tells him husband is out and he should call back some time when he’s in, Meets Jones and asks him) when he’s going to return the five bucks he loaned him some time back. Gets fifty cents on account, Decides to visit his in-laws. Finds in-laws have moved. Asks janitor where they went. Gets street and number of new address. Goes there and finds they are not known at that number. Looks in’ phone book and finds old address and number. Lingers about neighborhood, thinking he might meet one of them by chance. Finally gives up. Returns home, tired and hungry. bhvy- Finds wife out. R. C. O'Brtes Karly cAmerican.” Fact A naturalist says the polar bear has Nature's best winter coat. And the moths have ours, And when a desk sergeant gets a call for the adays, he docsn't know whether it's to transport prisoners or to help some bootlegger with his deliveries. Then there's the prohibition agent's baby who was born with a silver flask in his mouth. And the great coffee Republic of Brazil still seems to be percolating. “Heavens! Henry is using my step-ins!” At College Now you can telegraph for theatre tickets, but still the best way to get football tickets is to matriculate. And here's a new title for Alger: “Getting Ahead, or from Messenger Boy to Theatr Producer.” These fellows could makes more money if, instead of standing on cor- ners selling apples, they stood in front of theatres and sold ripe to- matoes, Suipwreck Survivon—Now if I can only find a publisher! 10 comicbooks.com