Judge, 1931-07-04 · page 8 of 36
Judge — July 4, 1931 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis **"Judge" Cartoon (Top):** A salesman pitches to a judge in his chambers, asking him to make "a pair of soles for my shoes out of this sample case." The cartoon satirizes legal inefficiency—the judge's office displays signs reading "Repairing Done While You Wait" and "Hats Cleaned and Blocked," mocking courts for their glacial pace. The joke is that a shoemaker could complete work faster than the judicial system resolves cases. **"Modern Science" Section (Lower Left):** Satirizes engineers' blind faith in scientific authority. The dialogue mocks how experts claim mathematical precision justifies impractical designs (like running fast elevators in tall buildings), yet fail to question whether the underlying premises actually work. It's a critique of technocratic overconfidence disconnected from practical reality.
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MODERN WONDERFUL achievement, that new skyscraper.” “TI say. A hundred and _ fifty stories and everything calculated to the last detail. “Yep, it’s) mary modern scientists “Isn't it the trut! They say the girders in that building are composed of a new metal compound. si said they'd never be a metal strong enough to c: stress and strain, but scienc them, s what these an di 1 tha fooled I hear that a dozen experts “We're in no shape now to consider expanding.” SCIENCE worked two and a half ye ora ed it. “Phew! things nowa “Absolute the sway of the tower i had_ mathematic problem, and they perfected an. in- strument that measures the sway of the tower down to a millionth of an inch. Think of it! A millionth o i ts in a lab- y before they finally perfect- We sure know how to do vs. ure. ‘These engineers and. sci- entists have got the right idea. No guesswork or believing things just They because somebody told them. test things and find out.” “Tn It was the with those express ele engineers all claimed wasn't pos- sible to run clevators at the speed they run at in that building. But sci- ence showed ’em a thing or two, I'd like to have an office in that place. ot too high up, though. I don’t like high places. Maybe the twelfth or thirteenth floo: “Thirteenth! There isn’t any thir- teenth floor in that building!” “What! How come?” “Why, you dumbbell, don't know that thirteen is unluck —Parxe Cummines 6 ‘ors. sure you ‘% Ss: Roe < al “Friend, you saved my life—have a cigar.” After the Tournament It days of old, when knights were bowled | Like ninepins from their coursers’ backs By thrust of oaken lance or stroke Of mighty iron battle-ax, Was coined, no doubt, the time-worn pout Of reminiscing golfing dubs: “The days the wood is working good I'm way off with my iron clubs!” —J. G. 7 comicbooks.com