Judge, 1930-12-20 · page 10 of 36
Judge — December 20, 1930 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This page from *Judge* magazine contains **Christmas predictions** satirizing typical holiday content in humorous magazines, plus two pieces claiming credit for ending the Great Depression. The four-panel **cartoon** (bottom left) shows a man repeatedly trying to enter doors marked "MEN" and "WOMEN," apparently confused about which restroom to use—a slapstick gag about gender confusion typical of early 20th-century humor. The **"Buy Now" section** mocks overconfident economic optimism following the Depression. One piece facetiously claims the narrator single-handedly ended the crisis by "buying a hat"—satirizing both the absurdity of consumer confidence and business leaders' simplistic solutions. The final line references the **London Round Table Conference on India** and **Mrs. Gandhi** (Mohandas Gandhi's wife), joking that there was "no controversy as to where Mrs. Gandhi would sit"—likely alluding to seating disputes at the real 1931 conference regarding British colonial hierarchy and Indian representation. The satire targets both shallow magazine content and unfounded economic optimism.
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JUDGE Christmas Predictions Concerning the Humorous Magazines Tere will be a new version of The Tie That Binds.” There will be a dozen or more car- toons which attempt to explain why | Santa was late—several will involve | the Austin car. There will be a story entitled “Holly Leaves” in’ which Holly leaves. Someone will blossom forth with a iq gag about a polka-dot tie ster’ } ' i} » and the expression “Put on the Ba ‘al | | The expression “It's in the bag” will be overworked as usual There will be several jokes about some Scotch kid who had a minia- : ture Christmas. “And here's @ Christmas check for a thousand dollars, dear—but don't —F. Braves cash it till next Christmas. I expect the market to pick up by then.” Buy Now Gn tines: To all to whom these J presents may come, greetings. Be it known by all that the great so-called, reputed and rumored. busi ness depression is about over. Things now are in good shape and the trend is definitely upward. In short, busi ness rapidly is approaching a normal status, Optimism has come back into its own and Old Man Pessimism has been slain. The wheels of industry are nand the business slump Happy Days Are Here listen, while I tell you how tbout. Tam the hero. It is rally known vet, but when it name will be cried from the hill- tops and I shall be the toast of a na- tion. I shall receive the plaudits of a grateful people and the highest hon- ors which ¢ upon its saviors shall be mine. And how did 1 do it? Friends, I will confess to you that it was a very simple matter, and I will not dwell upon it at length as [am a mun of great modesty. I do, however, hereby proclaim that I am responsible for the end of the Business Depression. I took the advice of the generals of Industry and when my country called I hearkened. I bought a hat! at country can bestow —Gien Dopp And in that London Round Table Conference on India there was no controversy as to where Mrs. Gandhi would sit. comicbooks.com