Judge, 1931-10-10 · page 7 of 36
Judge — October 10, 1931 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis: Judge Magazine Satirical Content This page contains three unrelated humorous pieces typical of Judge magazine's format: 1. **"Disorderly conduct—yer honor"** (top): A courtroom cartoon by John Reakill showing what appears to be a jazz band being prosecuted, satirizing concerns about jazz music and "disorderly conduct" — reflecting 1920s moral panic about jazz as crude and socially dangerous. 2. **"Correspondence Romance"** (middle): A text piece by R.C. O'Brien mocking mail-order courtship and marriages conducted entirely through postal service, playing on the absurdity of romance conducted via letters and postcards rather than in person. 3. **"Or Is He?"** (bottom): A brief piece questioning whether someone's apartment setup indicates he's foolish, likely satirizing Prohibition-era assumptions about hidden distilleries. The cartoons reflect 1920s-era social anxieties: jazz, mail romance, and Prohibition enforcement.
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JUDGE \ ; Es | Come-back HH"? been away a long time, but the " yy 9 old longing for the game was there. He was in the pink now. W. shouldn't he come back? Were’ Dempsey and Leonard coming back? He had kept in training and it wasn't | a real lay-off at all, And so he came back. To the prize j \ ring? No. Where then? ‘o the City Hall. Thank Goodness | And it's a wonder nobody bas j thought of using an outboard motor in ! a jazz band. “Did your grandfather keep his } and cut you off in his will?” iN | did worse; he left me his | f The straw that broke the camel's ae back must have been the same kind (| these Tourists Accommodated places “Disorderly conduct—yer honor.” use in their mattresses. Correspondence Romance Tire met by mail. It was a case of Wy love at first sight. She fell in love | with his photograph, and he fell in 1 EL love with her handwriting. Eventually, he proposed by Special Delive She accepted by Air Mail. , The wedding was by Registered \ Letter. he honeymoon Parcels Post thanked him by Telegrap! him a Post Card of the pl she stopping. Gradually, they settled down to a humdrum married life. Their letters became less frequent. Some went to the Dead Letter Office. Others were mislaid or miscarried, iventually it was only a New r’s card. ‘hey were finally divorced by the Postmaster Gene —R. C. O'Brien Or Is He? Simple Circe says her brother is pretty dumb. He thinks an apartment with more than one bath is a distillery. It's about time Hoover started to think about appointing commission to find out whether he’s going to get the nomination again or not. “Humph!” | | S | COomicbDOOKS.com