Judge, 1931-02-14 · page 10 of 36
Judge — February 14, 1931 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains satirical commentary and humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's style. **"Two Little Words"** mocks the Wickersham Report (a 1931 Prohibition enforcement study) for its verbosity—thousands of pages when a simple yes/no answer would suffice. Other brief quips mock celebrity publicity (Rudy Vallée and grapefruit), rubber checks, and gender stereotypes. **"The Court Jester's staff" cartoon** depicts a courtroom scene where the jester's health complaint (toothache/indigestion) ironically improves the court's mood—suggesting his performances had been poor. **"Big Moment in the Life of a Young Lawyer"** shows a lawyer making his first juror cry, presented as a career milestone. **"The Will to Pow Her"** is a longer comedic film scenario parody by John Gilmore. It satirizes melodramatic silent-film plotting: a romance between an insurance salesman (Justin Case—a pun) and a wealthy heiress involving misunderstandings, ocean drama, and violence played for laughs. The absurd title itself jokes about feminine domination through wordplay on "power."
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Two Little Words Thousands and thousands of words in the Wickersham report, and all we wanted was yes oF no. And the office skeptic wants to know whether the recent Rudy Vallee- grapefruit story was engineered by the Vallee Publicity Department or } the Florida Citrus Fruits interests. A financial wizard of our acquaint- } ance claims that the beauty of the i rubber check is that it sometimes stretches from one instalment due to another. Women rarely enjoy playing soli- i . Maybe it's be- cause they can’t kick themselves in the shins. And we might add that a watched } | | The Court Jester’s stuff had been going a little sour until the day he | pot is always ante’d. turned up with toothache and acute indigestion. The Will to Pow Her AM going to write a scenario for a king picture. It will have a happy ending that packs a punch, My hero, Justin Case, a young in- surance salesman, and Dora Mee, heir- ess of the Mee -Wash millions, will fall in love when they meet on an excursion steamer bound for Hawaii. anding on a moonlit deck, they will ‘all My Honey Lulu on the Sands of Waikiki.” The next evening Dora will see Justin holding a strange blonde woman in conversation. As a matter of fact, a pitch of the boat will thrown the blonde into Justin's and he will merely be asking her if it was something she ate. Ignorant of the fact, Dora will walk past them, drop Justin a dirty look, and ignoring his attempt to speak to her, she will retire to her stateroom. That night Justin will sce Dora leaning on the rail sobbing. ¥ A large wave will topple her over- board into the sea. Justin will leap over the rail into a waiting lifeboat and be rowed out to her by two sail ors. When he tries to help her into the boat she will disdainfully paddle toward one of the sailors. Justin will But you don’t un derstand!" She will get her face out of the water long enough to reply stiffly, “But I do understand!” Then he will hit her o. the head with an r f : oar. The bubbles rising over her head BIG MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG LAWYER will gather to form the words: “The He makes his first juryman weep. End.” —Joun Girmore comicbooks.com