Judge, 1931-08-22 · page 9 of 36
Judge — August 22, 1931 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains several brief satirical items mocking contemporary absurdities: **"Turn About"** jokes about the Chinese civil war's shifting sides, African wildlife acquiring "Kleig eyes" (stage lights) from film production, and a Texas-Oklahoma bridge dispute. The humor lies in treating serious issues trivially. **The top cartoon** depicts a couple with a skeleton, captioned "He'll last forever, Edith—no moving parts"—satirizing mechanical/soulless relationships or products. **"Young Aviators, Attention!"** parodies aviation's rapid progress by listing deliberately ridiculous aviation challenges: staying aloft 24 hours while playing tuba and eating sandwiches, flying a plane named "Rudy," or dropping violets on Swinburne fans' roofs. The jokes mock both aviation's trendy status and the absurd record-chasing competitions of the era. **Lower cartoons** show slapstick scenes of a cop chasing a car and a couple's vacation conversation about marriage—generic humor rather than topical satire. The page represents Judge's typical blend of political commentary and light domestic humor.
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JUDGE Turn About rebels have just been reported victorious in’ the latest Chinese war, So now the other side are the rebels. Mie It used to be callea Darkest Africa before the lions all began getting Kleig eyes. And Dora thought that the Texas- Oklahoma bridge dispute was over whose system to use, Dr. Mann, director of the Wash- ington Zoo, has gone to South Amer- ica to hunt web- xs that sing like birds. They are said to be more of a curiosity than are the dry Con- “He'll last forever, Edith—no moving parts.” gressmen who drink like fish, Young Aviators, Attention! Des the last year there have been more new aviation records made than New York City officials ac- cused of graft. There are, however, few things left for the aspiring young aviator to do and he should re- tain undiscouraged. Among them are: 1, Staying up in an acroplane for twenty-four hours, at the same time playing “Body and Soul’ over and over again on a tuba without stopping and consuming forty-five olive and eream-cheese sandwiches, Lieutenant Goldsmeeth of Da rort, way ale most succeeded in doing this last April, but he got a severe attack of . A ‘ indigestion on the thirty-ninth sand- Cor—Quick! Follow that car! wich and had to stop. SPAEL Linn 2. Flying from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to Salt’ Lake City in an acroplane named Rudy and with a picture of a griffon en; don the right wing. The Daniel Weisenheimer Cup still remains for the first one to accomplish this feat. 3. Flying from Garden City, Island, to Troy, N. Y. nose of the aeroplane degree angle at every q dropping a bouquet of violets upon the roof of every house in which lives a true lover of Swinburne’s poetry. A prize of five thousand dollars and a volume of Swinburne’s poems will be given to the first birdman to plish this by the Swinburne A Club of Tro: cord and al story about it for the New York Times. Although many aviators have attempted this seriously, ‘ar no one has k able to do it. “What do you want a vacation for? !!" Antitun Sicvenscart “Well—you see I’m getting married and I'd like to be there!" 13 comicbooks.com