Judge, 1931-06-06 · page 6 of 36
Judge — June 6, 1931 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains humor pieces rather than political cartoons. The top section, "Crew Men Must Have Endurance," presents a dialogue about rowing, mocking the physical toll and absurdity of competitive crew racing—a popular elite sport at the time. The main cartoon below depicts two men discovering a dead body hanging from a tree, with the caption about admitting "you bozos gotta get somethin' outa a joint like Yale or Harvard"—satirizing the pretensions of Ivy League education. The right column, "Aviation's All Set," offers brief social observations about new airplane silent motors, amateur painters, unseasonable crops, and a dachshund owner. These are light topical gags rather than serious satire, reflecting early-20th-century American middle-class concerns and humor conventions typical of Judge's entertainment-focused content.
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JUDGE Crew Men Must Have Endurance “Wreers't you row twice as fast if each man had two oars? “How could that earsman have cz a crab? I didn’t know there were : in that river.” “Why do you row backwards so that you ee can't sce Where you're g Doesn't it make you angry to have that little man at the back of the boat yelling at you all the time?” “Say, if I was coaching a crew I'd teach ‘em to row a hundred strokes a minute. Then they'd really cover some ground.” “What would happen if you tipped over?” “L suppose some of you fellows must get to feeling a bit tired after a hard four-mile race, eh “Well, you gave them a good race- for the first two hundred yards — ha, ha!” “If you really want exercise you want to shoot thirty-six holes of golf in one da “Why don't they tie the shells up at the dock instead of putting them back in the boat house every nigh “John, dear, you rowed a wonderful Crimixat (to sob sister) —Naw, I ain't repentant, girlie—that damn race! Now where do we go to dance?” tear gas is still working! 2 ape Aviation’s All Set AS» now a silent motor for airplanes has been invented, which should remove one big objection to the family fe can now be heard from And a lot of fellows who go about dabbling on cany en't painters at all, They're prize-fighters. Another thing the farmers seem to have planted more of this Spring, ar: speed-cops in the most unexpected places. And Dora thinks a dachshund is « great Dane that has been hit by the depression, de all about?” reception for the King of Afghanyssinia. He holds the world’s endurance record for throne sitting.” Now we know that Summer is just around the corner. Insects have started to swarm around our country home and out of rumble seats. And lots of times, in telephoning, “Yeah! But you bozos gotta admit y’get somethin’ outa a joint like you get the right number but the Yale or Harvard them State Colleges can’t give ya.” wrong answer. 4 comicbooks.com