Judge, 1931-12-26 · page 6 of 37
Judge — December 26, 1931 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This page contains two distinct elements: **Top cartoon** ("Wait 'til he sits down—there's a tack on his chair!"): A courtroom scene satirizing judicial proceedings. The joke targets how judges are treated with deference—someone plans a prank (tack on chair) that would be unthinkable to execute because the judge commands such respect and authority. **Bottom cartoon** ("All I know, officer, is that when I started out there was a top on it!"): A driver explains to a police officer that his car's convertible top has disappeared during a drive through an urban setting. The humor lies in the absurdity of losing an entire car component without noticing until confronted by law enforcement. The "More Business Troubles" section discusses corporate issues facing Santa Claus, Inc. and other businesses, presenting them humorously as actual entities with real financial problems.
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JUDGE “Wait ’til he sits dox n—there’s a tack on his chair!” MORE BUSINESS TROUBLES Sasta Cras, Incorporated — the largest mail order firm in the world—finds itself faced with a temp- prary emerger 'y that requires prompt n. The corporation enjoys an cx- cellent international reputation and a reorganization will, no doubt, lead to a continuation of the business. ASSETS PLant anno Equipment. 35 mod- ern factories adjacent to the North Pole, employing over 40,000. skilled gnomes. Also countless reindeer sleds, act harness, ete. Goov Witt. The corporation re- ceives millions of unsolicited letters yearly. Nearly every magazine in the world runs a photograph of S. C eneral man- ager, at least once a year. LIABILITIES Giets Owen. us, president and The corporation is obliged to deliver gifts to hundreds of millions of people every year. These gifts range from rayon neckties to Rolls-Royce motor ca PLAN AND REMARKS It is proposed to issue $40,000,000 worth of first-mortgage, 6% interest- bearing bonds, These will be a di- rect first lien on all reindeer, sleds, and factories. Payment of principal and interest will be guaranteed by S. Claus personally. The business of Santa Claus, Incor- porated, will never be outmoded. Here is a safe way funds. Stop h andi » invest your idle ! Shake out the old sock! Empty the vault! Let your dollars wheel. put their shoulders Buy S. Claus Bonds. to the News from the Colleges N™ York Univensity has compulsory course in Winchell- ese to its curriculum, Robert L. Ripley, creator of “Be- lieve It or Not.” recently visited the University of Kansas to interview Barbara Billings, who was voted the most beautiful co-ed at Kt and who has expressed no desire to go into the movies. Fourteen Yale juniors taking a course in literature under Professor William Lyon Phelps were treated for shock in the college infirmary last week after Professor Phelps eriti- cized a novelist adversely. One of the leading George University fraternities was severely censured by the president of the uni versity for childish and cruct initi tion ceremonies. Pledgees were being forced to go into Washington and sit in at sessions of the Senate. own Three students at Colgate Univer- sity have been expelled for six months for listening to Amos ‘n’ Andy over the radio. Columbia University has announce that this year’s senior class will given a month's vacation with nothi to do in February. The purpose of the move is to get the class accus- tomed to living conditions after it graduates in June. comicbooks.com