Judge, 1931-10-24 · page 13 of 36
Judge — October 24, 1931 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page satirizes **Prohibition's impending repeal** through multiple pieces: **"Employment"** (top): The editorial by R.C. O'Brien ironically celebrates job creation from ending Prohibition—converting speakeasies back to legitimate businesses, manufacturing sawdust for saloons, and crucially, employing former Prohibition enforcement agents. The joke: these agents will need jobs since their enforcement work disappears, making the repeal itself solve an employment problem. **"Tired Business Man"** (center): A physician treats an overworked accountant/bookkeeper overwhelmed by numbers and figures. The satirical point critiques how capitalist work culture—particularly in accounting and statistics—causes nervous breakdowns through relentless mental labor. **"Spanish Serenade, With Gestures"** (bottom): A comedic poem mocking romantic Spanish stereotypes with stage directions for exaggerated gestures and dancing. The cartoons collectively mock both labor exploitation under capitalism and the complex social/economic shifts surrounding Prohibition's end.
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JUDGE EMPLOYMENT tx end of prohibition will mean employment for many, and not only those engaged in manufacture and dis- tribution. Tl, Think of the carpenters who will find work transform- ing spe peepholes asics into saloons. Why, the enlargement of one will entail plenty of And the mirror factories. What a business tl The market for sawdust will, of course, | increased, Heretofore circuses and doll manufacturers have been about the only customers for that product of the sawmill, rpentering But the best stimulation business in general will receive from the repeal of the annoyi employment ag . all the work they'll have tryin hibition enforcement amendment is among the business. Think of to find jobs for the ex-pro- R. C. O'Brien “TL knew her when she didn't know where her next husband was coming from!” Spanish Serenade, With Gestures S ortry the bright Castilian moon Over your balcony is stealing, Beckoning me to follow soon, (Jiggle some castanets with feeling.) Out from the casement wafts a sigh, Telling of love for which you're pining; Take heart, my dove, for Iam nigh. Flourish a cape to show its lining.) Kisses, light as the ocean's foam, Blow from my lips to you, and with them— Er—did you hon Clatter the feet in Spanish rhythm.) —E. B. Crosswirre say your husband's Anyhow, the cotton surplus is one the Southern farmers home on the boll-weevil. can't w “Listen, brother, don’t try any forward passes with me!” Tired Business Man “D* ror,” said the little man, of a nervous breakdown,” “Why, what is the matter?” inquired the physician. “Well, doctor, I seem to be troubled by figures .. . fix- ures... figures. [can't keep them out of my mind... . ¥ ike the letters in alphabet soup, filling my head. I t rid of them. Overworked, I guess.” “Yes, overwork may have produced business are you in—bookkeeping or st: “I think Iam on the verge strain, What ical work, per-