Judge, 1931-03-14 · page 9 of 36
Judge — March 14, 1931 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains three satirical pieces mocking American institutions and legal/financial systems: **"You Can Win"** ridicules corporate financial manipulation and legal loopholes. A defendant escapes conviction by describing complex affiliate/subsidiary schemes—satirizing how wealthy corporations evade accountability through deliberately obscure financial structures. The piece also mocks the President's "pocket veto" power and the Liberty Bell's symbolic irrelevance, suggesting government operates by different rules than ordinary citizens. **"Show Them In"** is a humorous anecdote about Boston society women trying to visit actress Nance O'Neil in Hollywood, satirizing East Coast snobbery and Hollywood's indifference to prominent visitors. **"So It Seems"** presents brief cynical observations: corrupt cops profit more than they prevent crime; people waste time differently based on circumstances. The junk-dealer illustration and "Information" cartoon mock petty bureaucratic absurdity. Overall, the page reflects Judge magazine's typical Progressive-era skepticism toward institutional corruption, class disparity, and absurd legal technicalities.
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JUDGE You Can Win “Ty you break into the bank vault und steal this money 2” “No, your honor, I merely borrowed it to deposit in an affiliate which gave it as collateral to a subsidiary which hypothecated its equity “Case dismissed !” The President of the United States can put a bill in his pocket, forget about it and nothing happens. But } we tried the pocket veto system last | month and the company around and shut off our gas and electricity. They rang the Liberty Bell the other day and broad they won't ring it a lundred years. That's fine. What's the use of rub- bing it in? st it, and now tin for another nen there was the New York po liceman who framed pictures in his spare time. | And in the courts, it’s the woman who pays and pays and pays. . . . Also, what we can’t understand is Enterprising junk-dealer making a noise like a couple of cats. why they so often find a defendant | | pr guilty but let his lawyer go. Show Them In Ruey were essentially Bostonians, a | ind both were literary ladies of Beacon Hill, While on a trip to Cali- : fornia they decided to “take in 4 ANT \w i j \) Hollywood) and call upon Nance INFORI VAN \ON | O'Neil, whom they knew during her wes } sensational triumphs in their New } England city some years back. Calling at the studio where they | | leard the tragedienne was employed 1H ina picture, the sprier one said to an 1] ittendant: “We're from Boston and | ii would like to see Miss O'Neil.” “I'm rry, lady,” said the attendant, “but it can't be done.” “But we are her friends and are sure she would sce us.” All right loud voice he cried ac Say Jimmy, tell Miss O'Neil tt 1 couple of character women waiting outside to So It Seems A New York polic thousand dollars in five polic an made fifty ars. If the an't catch crooks they can at least beat them at their own game. Some people complain they don't know how to pass the time when a rainy day keeps them indoors. Per- sonally, we usually spend it looking for a pair of rubbers. “Who won the fifth at Havana?” comicbooks.com