Judge, 1931-11-07 · page 11 of 36
Judge — November 7, 1931 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two separate satirical pieces typical of Judge's humor. **"These Charming People"** (main story) mocks the social frustrations of a persistent salesman or social climber repeatedly calling women for appointments on a Monday morning. Each woman deflects with excuses—busy with relatives, lunch plans, yawning indifference—suggesting either genuine disinterest or the social pretense of unavailability among the leisured class. The satire targets both the pushy caller's lack of social awareness and the affectations of women feigning busyness to maintain elite status. **Top cartoon**: A harried porter carries luggage while a passenger rushes, captioned "Hurry up, porter—I'll miss my train!" Simple visual humor about travel chaos. **Bottom cartoon** ("Common Stare"): Appears to satirize commercial or artistic proof-checking delays, with figures examining photographs or proofs and asking when they'll be ready—likely mocking slow production or client impatience in publishing/advertising work. The overall tone is gently mocking of middle-class social pretense and workplace frustrations.
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aatallliaaindl JUDGE date “Hurry up, porter—Tll miss my train!” f THESE CHARMING PEOPLE p ‘i [oad a great” week-end, and, strangely, I felt really enthusiastic to get to work Mond So I called Franklin 4554, and: ” | Hello, Polly,” I said. | “Hello, Sweetness,” Polly — said, r what's on your mind toda “You,” I said. “Ar you very ou'll never know how terribly I am. 1, we'll make it the latter part ‘ of this, or the first part of next week,” I said, Then I called Kay. Kay will us- ually talk to me when nobody else will, but she was busy, too. It’ seems that an aunt of hers was in town from Ypsilanti, and) wanted to. take her arounc Worse, would be here for a month. Miter that I called Betty. I said, “howdy !” I've a luncheon n to think that perhaps I was losing my grip. But with the true persistent spirit of my clan, I called Helen. “Helen, this i “Oh, I knew it ks for remembering,” I said. “Well, I only knew that you'd be ” T began. she yawned. the one person in the world to call at this ungodly hour on Monday.” “Oh, come mT She yawned nd. said me some other time, bye-bye ‘ar from daunted, I called Mrs. “Call ‘4 Mrs. Berkowitz, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. MeNam Mrs. Wentworth, and a Miss Van Puyten. Grpinox Stan—When will the proofs be ready? 9 Not having any luck with them. I T could find r no fault with it, for it was precisely the same as that with which [had succeeded in entering the charmed cir cle of our town's socially elect. Then, maybe, [ thought [wa ting stale. | That will happen, you know; yet I had started: the work in the right spirit, the correct frame of mind. Could it be that these women just couldn't afford to buy brushes any Davin S. Leawtas ’ reviewed my approach, day's more? - “Excuse me, sir, but what do you use on your hair?" comicbooks.com