Judge, 1931-06-06 · page 3 of 36
Judge — June 6, 1931 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains: 1. **Beeman's Pepsin Gum ad** (left): A digestive aid advertisement from the era when gum was marketed for health benefits, not just flavor. The copy emphasizes its supposed digestive properties. 2. **"Judging the Books" column** (center): A book review of Erich Maria Remarque's *"The Road Back,"* discussing its post-WWI themes of disillusionment and lost youth. The reviewer praises it as essential reading about war's psychological costs. 3. **Cunard shipping line ad** (right): Marketing transatlantic cruises, emphasizing luxury service and value. The page reflects 1930s consumer culture and advertising strategies, with the literary review providing context about interwar German literature's exploration of war trauma.
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When busy days demand quick eating chew (, usdo during busy days at work orat home. That's why chewing Beeman’s after meals is such a healthful I's the pepsin gum — perfected over 30 years ago by Dr. Beeman as a pleasant way to aid digestion. Since then, millions have praised this chewing gum for its smooth and flavor ful goodness as well us for its healthful qualities. When you stop in a candy store, ask for a pack of Beeman’s. BEEMAN’S PEPSIN GUM aids digestion | called War. We | deep poe SUDGWG™ BOOKS nicht Mania Remangve is obviously one of those Germans who, after his fifth seidel in a bierstube, g obably the most beautiful on that the youth of the world has er indulged itself in. He is then overcome with the infinite melancholy of it all, friends gone, the evanescence of all youth and worldly v and the t horror of that beastliness not try to de- vens no!—for it is a quality and of the of a certain kind of pessi mistie emotion as knock- wurst. We're and just trying to ex} didn't ady know!). He is a Teutonic » the Weeper, a little touched with godliness. He is shell-shocked but in the grand manner. Most shell shocked take it out on the world in physical disability. Remarque puts it down in brooding, smooth, meaningful, low-moaning prose. In “The Road Back,” the ately — succeeding Quiet,” we find se nsitivities, torn and bleeding from their stra in the war, submitted to the inanii of the post-war readjustment period. What is left of the famous platoon of “AN Quiet” stumbles back to the ities, cry. this very substance as German pr the n him (as immedi- volume to i} Erie's | cheerless Heimat of the defeated. The sting of defeat, tho not manifests itself in the bls of depression, poverty ment, upheaval and despair that en- shrouds the homeland. Erie’s pro- tagonist comes back from the front searching for the thrills and the g our of the soldicr returned from the wars and finds disruption, strect brawls and loss of faith in the things that give life value. He cannot bear the hypocrisies of formal society. He cannot stand the of learning and the wind ging of his Herren Professoren. The things that they all fought for—patriotism, duty, home, love—are all drowned in the welter blood and pummeled to a pulp by the hammering guns, Some of the ters are well lost, but \ nothing was worth the terrible cost of ordeal, admitted, rket gloom disillusion- vacuity And tho the weeping and wailing of the book is strictly a personal griev- ‘e with the author, there is a uni versal spiritual appeal to it. ‘There is great truth also in its utter vilification of war. Who reads it and can get up ona flag-bound platform on a public holiday and shout for the blood of a fellow nation must he indeed ral ard Congressm body in the world must read rubbed in it. Its me a viper his nose immense. (Continued on next page) 1 erying | "KNOWING HOW' ence in steamship management . . . probably as much as anything else, is responsible for the consistent preference The accumulation of 91 years of experi- shown by transatlantic passengers for Cunard... a preference that has been decidedly and definitely demonstrated for the last eight years, when Cunard ships year after year have carried a larger number of people than any other line or group of lines. It is this sense in countless “different “knowing how", which you ways... in the comfort, the atmosphere, thet pervade a Cunarder... in the unlimited 4 la carte menu, without extra charge... in the deft competence of stewards long trained in Cunard traditions... in that restful, ease-ensuring feeling, that you can speak English... and be understood. A Cunard crossing saves you not hours merely .. . but days . . . owing to an almost daily service... 123 sailings to Europe between April 1st and August 16th... with every type of accommoda- tions available, from the ultra-luxurious to the modest. And, not least of all, there is the impor- «the utmost possible, always, via Cunard. fance of value for your money Not content with past glories and achieve- ments... Cunard announces the building of the new Super-Cunarder that will write @ fresh chapter in the history of transatlaniic tr. Corry your funds in Cunard T. +! Cheques Your Local Agent or The Cunard Steam Ship Co., Lid. 25 Broadway, New York cu NAR comicbooks.com