Judge, 1931-12-26 · page 4 of 37
Judge — December 26, 1931 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis **Top Cartoon ("Judge"):** Depicts a skeleton arch with two observers. The caption asks a professor which end the skeleton's tail goes on—a visual pun playing on anatomical confusion and perhaps satirizing academic pretension or scientific debate. **Bottom Cartoon:** Shows a fortune teller with crystal ball speaking to a client. The caption jokes that ghosts are "the nicest people you'd want to meet," suggesting spiritualism's popularity or mocking it as naive entertainment. **"Forecast for 1932":** The accompanying text contains satirical predictions about 1932 public figures and scandals—mentioning Bishop Cannon, Will Rogers, Lord Carroll, and others—typical of Judge's annual tongue-in-cheek prognostications about celebrities, politicians, and potential controversies. The page exemplifies Judge's blend of visual satire and celebrity gossip humor.
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ST JUDGE “Madame, I've been dealing with ghosts for twenty years and they are the nicest people you'd want to meet.” Forecast for 1932 Bur’ Caxsxon will sue someone for something. Will Rogers will dig up his 1928 convention wisecracks and run’ them over again. Earl Carroll will) put on anew musical show which the erities will call disgusting and then write in to get tickets for their friends. The Harvard Athletic Association will be involved in a controversy. Thirteen’ World War officers” will write their memoirs, each one telling how he won the war after the others lost it. There will be a seandal dug up about one of the President's Cabinet which the Herald Tribune will print 47. r Wallace will have an off and write only twenty-three books. Mr. E.G. Harkness will give a couple of million dollars to a univer- vucl Seabury will uncover some ammany scandals 1 in No- nmany candidates will re- ceive their largest plurality in history. Walter Winchell will” report the ge of two celebrities and it will he indignantly denied three days be- fore the marria: is offici nounced, Toward the end of the year some- one will write an article entitled “Forecast for 1933." comicbooks.com