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# "The Mansions of Astrology" This satirical piece mocks believers in astrology and horoscope readings. A woman describes how her husband Fred became obsessed with astrology after consulting a "most fascinating man" in town who reads horoscopes. Fred now bases major life decisions—finances, romance, work—on astrological predictions, claiming the stars dictate his fate. The cartoons illustrate the absurdity: one shows a fortune-teller's spell "spelled wrong," while another depicts a woman warning "Watch yourself, bug!" as a man swings wildly, presumably following some astrological instruction. The satire targets the era's popular belief in astrology as pseudoscientific nonsense that leads gullible people to make foolish decisions while abandoning personal responsibility.
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THE MANSIONS “MP dear. T've just had my horo- scope read by the most fasci- nating man! Everybody in town is xoing to him. He ha ort of Ital- ian look—oh, too romantic! And he scems to know everythi out you, without you havi tell him a thing. It’s simply mystifying! “All he asked n s the date of my birth and my name and address. Then he proceeded to tell me thi rbout myself he couldn't possi have guessed. For instance, he that my husband was at times unrea- sonable and selfish. Well, my dear, you know Fred! A truer word was never spoken, It was all I could do to get him to pay for this horoscope busi- ness, and he growled like a} it at that. Then... let's s oh, he said I was artistic! You know, I've always thought I could write, or ar about JUDGE OF ASTROLOGY paint, or something, if I had the time; my themes back in school used to be awfully good. But I never a chance now to do anything like that, what with the baby and the house- work and. brid most every after- noon, And Fred makes me play Rus- sian Bank with him every night. Isn't that just like am “Oh, and he said I was ¢ very lucky at cards this year. Do you suppose that will come true? I do hope so, for then I'l have more pin money and I can afford the more ad- vanced horoscope i ing to be dollar ones, he sai better idea of wl cost only five « so to speak. Did you’ kr horn under Canova, my dear? ‘ do you think of that? “And with Mer- cury in conjunction, it cans I’m very ive you a out. This starter, “Huh—I knew they'd spell it wrong!” a “Watch yourself, boy!” “AW DT want is carfare home.” well balanced, never go to extremes, and should be careful about playi the stock market. ‘That's what Fred told me when I lost so much money last. Fall, buying on margin, but 1 didn’t believe him. Still, if the stars say so, it must be true. “And, my dear, he said I was going to have a romance late in life! Of course, I'm only thirty-eight, but I'd sort of put that kind of t my head. It’s going to be a dark he told me. How do you suppose hi knows all this? Really, my dear, the things he can tell you without know rit about you is simply too mys tifying!” —Nonmax R. Javrnay Z out of comicbooks.com