Judge, 1931-08-08 · page 4 of 36
Judge — August 8, 1931 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page This page contains two distinct cartoons and commentary from an early 20th-century issue of Judge magazine. **"The Latest Refrigerator"** (top): Satirizes modern convenience culture. The cartoon shows a man proudly displaying a large block of ice as a "refrigerator," mocking people's embrace of new technology without questioning practicality. The accompanying text by C.C. argues this is silly—people should return to self-sufficiency like making their own ice rather than relying on modern delivery services. **"Revised"** (bottom cartoon and text): The sketch depicts a confused foreign hotel guest unable to communicate in English, captioned "What's the matter, no speak English? You never see an American before?" The sidebar commentary humorously lists summer annoyances (lawn mowers, motorboats, war debt) and office smoking violations, showing Judge's satirical take on contemporary American social irritations.
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The Latest Refrigerator Proree think we just have an old- fashioned ice-box, but that's only be- cause they're not up on modern meth- ods. ‘This business of making your own ice is silly and uneconomic. Years ago we gave up making our own clothes, baking our own bread and payi own debts. Why should we re at this stage of the game and make our own ice? Truly the refrige little home-made cub fact, it is already g . We have this We have our ice delivered man named Tony. Ready- made ice. Instead of makin ator that turns out can not last. In new ice-box to us by ¢ it in small picces we get it in one big chunk, save it and chop it up as we need it. It seems to me that’s the future solution of our ice problem. [ome “What's the matter, no speak English? JUDGE Tue Masten—Emma! Have you seen my toupee? You never see an American before?” Revised I Love little kitties, Their coats are so warm; And if they'll keep out of newsreels, I'll do them no harm, And now it’s a question whether to stay home this summer and be waked up at six by the neighbor's lawn- mower, or go to the seashore and have somebody's out- board motorboat do it. Then there's the acrobat who flipped himself to see who'd pay for the drinks. And why not forget all this war debt business, and just turn the old war in on the next one that comes along? Fourtcen employees of the Census Bureau were dis- d recently for smok- ing during office hours. A rule of the department, we are told, is that where there's smoking there must be fir- ing. And_ it isn’t ra woman trics to make up her mind what to do in a traffic jam that causes accide it's because she tries to ma up her face at the same time comicbooks.com