Judge, 1930-12-27 · page 8 of 37
Judge — December 27, 1930 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three cartoon vignettes satirizing domestic life and social ambition: 1. **Top cartoon**: A man presents his wife with a poodle as a Christmas gift, labeled "A Christmas present for Bobby—this poodle—he's a bit spirited." The joke plays on the double meaning of "spirited"—the dog is misbehaving while the wife expects an obedient pet. 2. **Bottom left**: "Don't forget—I'll be needing that pot for the soup tonight!" depicts a woman trying to repurpose kitchenware, satirizing domestic budget constraints. 3. **Bottom right**: "Oh I say—spats! Well, Santa Claus was certainly good to you." A man admires another's new spats (ankle coverings), a minor fashion accessory, with mock envy—satirizing materialism and vanity among men. The page mocks petit bourgeois pretensions and domestic comedy.
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With Best Wishes We Present to: Calvin Coolidge: An American flag, slightly used. Bishop Cannon: A short history of the New York Stock Exchan: Amos 'n’ Andy: A tube of Squibb's toothpaste, Graham MeNamee: Collection of jokes, songs, and funny stories (pub- lished 1910). Ruth Hanna McCormick: A corre- spondence school course in, How to Be a Detective. Herbert Hoover: A copy of “Pros- Fact or Myth,” by Stuart New York World: An editorial y, liberal; and 1 reporter. —P. L. for the soup tonight!” “Don't forget—I'll be needing that pot “A Christmas present for Bobby—this poodle- KC) DUNKEt =k ‘sa bit spirited.” Success I Joo! Haverrvoon’s ambition was to have his name on page one of the Metropolitan dailies. It was his one ambition and he worked hard for success. When only 23 he hung by his toes from the straps in a subway car. After he had been hanging for 15 minutes, a passenger noticed him. Horace won a three-inch box on page nine of the Daily News and a three-day stay at the Psychopathic Hospital. : His technique improved. He stripped and painted him- self green. In this condition he sat in a wash tub on the steps of the public library and played a flute. As a crowd began to gather, a workman on top of a tboring building dropped a red-hot rivet upon a poli man’s head. ‘The workman got two columns on page one. Horace got a cold. Another time Horace climbed into a moon rocket. Just as they were going to shoot him off, the moon went into in eclipse and there was nothing to aim Even then he might ha page one except for the fact that the same night Knute Rockne appeared at a costume ball dressed as Little Lord Fauntleroy. One night during the rush hour, Horace drove a truck loaded with spinach and Currier and Ives prints 60 miles an hour up the left hand side of Fifth Avenue with «a motor- an in pursuit. Just as ight him, two girls climbed out of a manhole and announced that they had been bicycling through the subways of New York for 45 days. said the cop to our hero. “Can't ya see I gotta have my pitcher took with these subway sirens?” This was a dark moment for Horace. however, he had the most 1 of his life. He beg: search and at last found what he looking for: : who didn’t 1 system of his own. Horace raised a whoop of joy and rushed for the telephone. Two hours later every paper in the town had special edition with a picture Horace and the expert on the front page. And the headlines were five columns wide. —Extor Sratpine. comicbooks.com