Judge, 1931-11-21 · page 5 of 36
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# "Judging the News" - November 17, 1931 This page satirizes current events through brief editorial commentary paired with a cartoon. The main cartoon depicts a "Monkey House" scene where a large man (representing authority/management) attempts to control chaos—monkeys swinging from windows and fixtures while a figure in black (likely representing labor or the working class) confronts him with a club. The caption reads, "Now, now—Madam, none of that in here!" The satire appears to reference labor unrest and economic turmoil during the Great Depression (1931). The monkey imagery suggests the chaos of workers' protests or strikes, while the authority figure's attempt at control represents management or government efforts to suppress dissent. The humor lies in portraying labor disputes as absurd "monkey" antics rather than legitimate grievances.
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NOV 17 1931 ©cis 133977 Georce Jean NATHAN Rictaro J. Wats Sipvey S, Lenz, Contributing Editors JUDGING THE NEWS De the depression the Yale endowment has been increased $11,000,000 during the last year. It looks as if God and country are get- ting the worst of it. N™ Youk politics is very different AN from poker—in politics you play first and cut afterwards, A™ now the sports writers should get together and pick out the eleven football players who aren't on any All-American, Cisese Communists are said to be planning another revolution in the Spring. We don’t know whether this is to be a new one, or one of the old ones under new management. W hear the Navy football team has been cautioned that its mem- hers must not gain weight during the one-year arms holiday. f np business is so bad—now it's the boss's daughter who hopes she can marry one of the help. | MONKEY | || HOUSE “Now, now Madam, none of that in here!" of Eugenie Te instantancous vogue hats shows that the public has plenty of money to spend provided it can spend it forsomething silly cnough, BY the way, have they questioned the serub-women any of these bank failures? Maybe they handled the money since it seems that the di- rectors did the cleaning. Gruer economy is still the word— we learn that the night club pa- trons are now using blank cartridges. ‘0. 2012, November 21 Se a copy Sth Btreet, New York, N editorial offee, 1s be. Hi. A. Obst, Treasurer; Joseph T. Cooney. Serrecary. 18 Fast (sth Street, New York, S 10a Publiabed weekly by ntered as Second-Class Matter. Sept judge Publishing Co., Ine. Office of Copyrighted 1931 2 1 Dilation at Washington and South Aves. reat Hritain: Pred 1. Ros: 4 alled to the fact that every article aod picture appearing President: Sidney 8. f 1h JUDG Is protected under the provisions of Section 3 of the Copyright Law of the 3 comicbooks.com