Judge, 1931-01-31 · page 4 of 36
Judge — January 31, 1931 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two unrelated cartoons satirizing early 20th-century American life: **Top cartoon**: A frustrated postal supervisor complains to an operator about mail delivery collapse. The joke critiques the post office's inability to handle business correspondence—even holiday mail fails to arrive. The supervisor ironically suggests the previous occupants of the building handled it better, implying current postal service is incompetent. **Bottom cartoon**: Titled "Nearsighted Papa," shows a man discovering what appears to be a snake on his floor while scolding a woman (likely his wife) for drunkenness. The humor derives from his mistaken identity—he's angry at the wrong "culprit," suggesting his poor vision causes domestic misunderstanding. Both cartoons rely on situational comedy about everyday frustrations rather than political commentary.
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JUDGE Believe it or Not T supervisor of the dead letter office led ime into his private sane tum. On the way in I stumbled over a sleeping clerk. Each An air of disuse prevailed. corner had its share of cob Equipment was rusty. “T may be enlisting in the army of unemployed “Business is so rotten they may shut up the dead letter office Why, even the holiday rush which usually we count on heavily. failed to bring us any business at all this year. It’s terrible! “But [can’t understan “People still write illegible addre on envelopes, don't they? Tt can’t be that every letter posted reaches its in tended destination.” sighed the supervisor. vy tine " T said but they don't come her said the ‘supervisor. “Every postmaster gets a letter with some queer scribblin’ on it that he “No, operator, I’m not calling long distance. It must have been the can't make out, he sends that letter to | people who lived here before us!” Ripley. —Rop Rerep Nearsiontep Para—Drunk again, hey! You're a disgrace to the family! 2 comicbooks.com