Judge, 1931-09-05 · page 8 of 36
Judge — September 5, 1931 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three separate humorous pieces satirizing American life and institutions: **"Whistling in the Dark"** depicts a conversation between two men during a heat wave, where one complains about his repetitive summer job and considers becoming a school teacher—only to be warned by his friend that teaching involves constant rule changes that "drive me nuts." **"Aren't We All?"** makes a brief joke about jurors wanting to escape jury duty to get a drink instead. **The bottom cartoon** shows children at a beach, with the caption "Tsk, tsk, ya say his horse threw him!"—appearing to humorously reference some incident involving a horse. The satire targets workplace monotony, institutional frustration (teaching), and judicial evasion. The pieces reflect early-20th-century American social concerns about labor and civic duty.
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Whistling In the Dark rito, George! You're looking kind of fagged out. Whatsa mat- ter, the heat get you?” “No, it isn’t that, Charlie. I've been studying too hard, I guess.” at's a bad thing in this hot weather, George. Tough course?” “You said it. It's almost got me beat, but I've stuck to it so far.” “What you doin’ it fo “It’s for a job I got next winter, JUDGE I have to cram up like this every summer for the same job, and it’s no joke. If they would only stick to the same stuff, but this constant changing is driving me nuts.” “Well, what ever made you want to 1 school teacher, in the first become pool teacher? I wish I was; I ing to referee a few football games this fall, and it’s catching up on these new rules each year that wor- ries me.” —Rex Deane “Tsk, tsk, ya say his horse threw him!” “Say, babe, ain’t these new styles the berries?” Aren’t We All? ” said one juror to another W ter they had sent a bootlegger o t ‘that was a long, tedious trial —let’s go and get a drink.” Where there is smoke there is toast. There's one thing you can say for those radio announcers of heavyweight bouts: they always seem to be in where the fighting is most furious. And when s high way construction is fin ished, the detours become known as short-cuts, The Wickersham Com mission has gone on ree ee ord as favoring the re- lease of Tom Mooney Won't that poor gu start getting the breaks? y ever There's one place where the customer is al SS ways wrong—in traffic wee court. —" And the parent ants punish the little ants by telling them if they're not good they won't be permitted to go to the picnic, ERE EN AARNE comicbooks.com