Judge, 1930-12-13 · page 7 of 36
Judge — December 13, 1930 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"Tragedy"** (left column): A commentary on economic hardship, depicting a man facing overdue bills during what appears to be the Depression era. The satire suggests his only solution is suicide—turning on gas appliances to asphyxiate himself. The dark humor critiques both his financial desperation and the impotence of institutions to help. **"Exasperated Mountain Climber"** (top right): A cartoon showing two cyclists on a mountain, with one exasperatedly telling the other to go their own way. The humor appears to involve romantic or relationship conflict during leisure activity. **"Gossip"** (bottom right): A poem-caption satirizing how gossip spreads through society—from newspapers to social circles, with people eagerly sharing scandalous information regardless of accuracy. The overall tone reflects early-20th-century social commentary on economic anxiety, modern dating, and information culture.
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Tragedy Gattaciss gazed despondently at the F pile of papers before him, ‘They were bills, many. bills, all overdue. ‘They were all quite familiar to him, He had had them for a long time. Some of thei had lain there since the depression” started. There was but one way out. Cer- tainly he could not pay the bills, And he could not face that great army of creditors. There remained only” sui cide. Grimly he closed the doors and windows in the kitchen and turned on dl the gas-eocks in the stove and the water-heater. With all of them going, he thought, it shouldn't take lo But several hours later he was still dive and feeling none the wor The vas company had shut off his meter. —N.H. Well, it looks as if we're going to vet real beer back soon, but we don’t want it if it’s to mean a revival of the Stein Sc The modern wife not only expects her husband to bring home the bacon, She expects him to fry it and serve it is well, Coolidge, as President, said little. Now, as writer, he hasn't) changed much, “Didja see me in th’ new sreels—goin’ bathing through tl’ ice?” Exasperateo = Mountat Cuimnen—Al right, dam- mit! You go your way and I'll go mine! Gossip SiNG a song of gossip, S Who's a so-and-so? Four and twenty paragraphs, Things you shouldn't know ; When the column's printed Folks commence to buzz; Do the people cat it up? Everybody does. R.C. O. comicbooks.com