Judge, 1932-02-06 · page 11 of 36
Judge — February 6, 1932 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# "The Danger" - Judge Magazine Satire This page contains two separate satirical pieces: **"The Danger"** (top): A political cartoon criticizing municipal budget crises in major American cities (New York, Chicago, Philadelphia). The text warns that unpaid police, firefighters, and city employees—being human—pose public safety risks. It satirically predicts newspaper headlines where underpaid workers fail at their jobs: a cop stops chasing a bandit to eat apples, firefighters are delayed because their exhausted driver sees a dime. The joke is darkly ironic—cities are so financially broken they endanger citizens by not paying those who protect them. **"Net Result"** (bottom): A brief item mocking author Edna Ferber's criticism of George Bernard Shaw as a publicity-seeker. The satire points out that Ferber's very complaint generates more newspaper clippings for Shaw's scrapbook—proving her criticism backfires and actually helps his publicity. It's meta-commentary on how gossip and criticism paradoxically serve the accused. Both pieces satirize real 1920s-era civic dysfunction and literary vanity.
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The Danger w York City is borrowing. Chi- y N » is busted. flat. Cops, firemen, and other municipal employees in many cities have a tough time col- lecting their salaric These employees are human, ‘They must live. Have you considered the danger cities ran in not paying them? We'll see items in the newspapers such as: “Bandit Eseapes. At a late hour last night a lone bandit rifled the safe of the cigar store at the corner of Broadway and Elm Street. Fourteen cops chased the lone bandit who eluded the cops when they, unpaid for several months, stopped to eat a rel of apples overturned in the chase. “Warchouse Burns. The four-story building of the Natt Importing Com- pany burned to the ground yesterday afternoon, Firemen reached the scene shortly after the roof caved in. Fire Chief Palmer says they were delayed when the hook and ladder truck stopped suddenly at the corner of Sunset Avenue and wrecked the ap- paratus following it. The driver of the hook and ladder, unpaid for many weeks, he threw on the emer- ney brakes because he thought he a dime in the gutter.” Villie Graduates. Little Willie Raynor, aged eleven, graduated from ay with all honors, fin- year course in six weeks. Willie's success was due to giving his “rs coffee and sand- wiches instead of apples.” —Tom Sins Net Result E pNA Ferner says that Ge nard Shaw is a publicity secker and a bad mple to other authors. And her saying that, of course, will give both Miss Ferber and Mr. Shaw a lot more newspaper clippings to paste in their scrap books. bar high school te ishing the f rge Ber- JUDGE a Pre) moe "ey “Hello, Mama; it was a great fight. I'll be right home!” 9