Judge, 1931-07-18 · page 12 of 36
Judge — July 18, 1931 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Explanation for Modern Readers This page from *Judge* magazine contains three separate satirical pieces reflecting Depression-era concerns: 1. **Top cartoon ("Stop-Go")**: Mocks suburban traffic congestion and anxious mothers during vacation season. The woman's complaint about female drivers and sea gulls reflects period stereotypes about women behind the wheel. 2. **Middle cartoon**: Satirizes economic desperation. A father promises to find his son employment, while another jokes about "unemployment insurance"—likely referencing New Deal programs. The "watered milk" joke suggests city people getting inferior products. 3. **"Alternative" section**: Brief satirical quips. One mocks women's fashion ("nothing to wear"). The second targets installment debt during the Depression—when someone defaults on radio payments, collectors' revenge is petty: they won't remove the radio, leaving it as a humiliating reminder of non-payment. Overall, these pieces capture working-class anxieties: job insecurity, consumer debt, and social embarrassment during economic hardship.
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“Why don't you fool him by taking out some of this unemployment insurance?” 10 “My father says he’s going to find a job for me.” “That's the kind of milk we city people get—all pumped full of water.” Stop-Go “Now wait here children before we AN co any farther—the tratfie is just terrible. I told your father not to start out on a day like this. He must think he is the only person in the world who reads the weather re ports. That's the way it goes out here, once the season pens you can’t get a minute's peace. Look out! There! what did I tell you! A woman this time and she just missed us. These female drivers are a menace if I say so myself. Here comes another, Junior, come back here this minute and take hold of my arm. Phewww!! Well, [guess the ast is clear at last, maybe we can start now, but I'm telling you it's getting so a self-re- specting sea gull daren't fly the ¢ n once the season f atlantic flyers gets under w TOSS Alternative N°“ apays the woman who has noth ing to wear can cither stay home or go swimmi Instalment collectors now have a mean way of getting even with the guy who defaults on his radio pay- ments, They refuse to remove the radio. comicbooks.com