Judge, 1931-07-04 · page 11 of 36
Judge — July 4, 1931 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from **Judge** (a satirical weekly) contains brief social commentary and cartoons mocking early 1920s American life. **Top cartoon**: Shows two figures in a mountain pass lamenting they can't see anything—likely satirizing tourist disappointment or the limits of travel advertising. **Bottom cartoon**: Depicts what appears to be a beach or recreational scene with people and a dog, captioned "Gee, he's even serving left-handed!"—a joke about unusual service or behavior at leisure activities. **Text commentary** targets: one-piece underwear (laundries slow to adapt), detour signs as modern inconvenience, bridge-playing rivalry replacing Civil War conflict, President Coolidge's writing habits, wrestling's newfound popularity, Colonel House and Democratic infighting, witness testimony challenges, college enrollments of truck drivers, nudist cults' growth, and Wall Street financiers' insomnia. The humor is light, topical observation rather than sharp political satire—reflecting post-WWI American consumer culture and social trends.
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JUDGE Back in Two i '['ne fellow who invented the f one-picce suit of underwear may have had a good idea, but the laundries haven't caught onto the idea yet. Nowadays it's detour signs that make the world go “round. The fighting between North and South ended at Appomat- tox in ’65, but it broke out again as soon as they became bridge partners against East | and West. Mr. Coolidge has given up writing for the summer. To keep in practice, however, he may write a few words for a mountainside now and then. ~ 4——— The sport of kings used to be polo. Now it’s traveling. A Scotchman comes out vig- orously for the old golf ball. He s he wouldn't think of playing with anything but the arama hs fag er “If it sasn’t for these confounded mountains we could see something!” The Annual Tussle L a lot of us newly converted wrestling fans picked up quite a few new holds to try on beach chairs this summer. Somebody should have told Colonel House that the trouble with the Demo- crats is that they are: already trying to sweep the country with each other. Witnesses would have to have good memories to remember some of the \t things they're asked, but at a trial in a bank case it's the juror who has to have a good memory. He’s got to re- member, for in n the fiftieth or sixtieth day what was said on the first days. A college dean too many truck-drivers are in college. Yes, and | too many truck-drivers are in taxi- cabs. And Ame’ nudist cults « couragement. Es ing a new “Vanit n proponents of the | e receiving some en- | 1 Carroll is open- in August. e, hes even serv- ig left-handed!” And now the Wall Street manipu- | | lators get themselves to sleep nights | by wishing for sheep to count, | comicbooks.com