Judge, 1932-02-20 · page 6 of 36
Judge — February 20, 1932 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two cartoons and a poem satirizing early 20th-century American life. **Top cartoon**: Two men in a train compartment; one asks the other to say "Dear Warden" or use "Sir" instead of casual address. This mocks pretentious formality and class consciousness in confined social spaces. **"Human Handbooks" poem**: Uses folk-wisdom format to mock self-help culture and consultation fees. It suggests that so-called experts (those who've never done something themselves) profit by advising others—a critique of professional expertise and education's value. **Bottom cartoon**: A wife demands a fur coat from her husband, who humorously compares himself to a "zoo keeper." This satirizes consumerism, marital dynamics, and women's material expectations—common Judge themes mocking domestic relationships and spend-thrift wives.
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i 4} JUDGE Free Idea ! | ] | al Maxfield) Parrish admits that his | | girl-on-the-rock magazine covers are | HW out of date. Well, he can always get ] iH] right into the modern trend with a | i serics of covers showing business men | fi 1 on the rocks. j Hi | . . a1 Bighty per cent. of the profit. on | urettes goes for taxes. This is news to those who thought it) went for radio erooners. | | What this country needs is a mar i riage license with a diverce coupon ; attached. 1 al There is talk about forming ; } M party consisting of the nation’s un | iy employed, at's what we always i tho t the Democratic party was. i | H Another thing that makes it) hard ] to understand the postal deficit is that PB h) every night radio announcers tell us y! about the thousands and) thousands if of letters that are received daily at the studios. | i ] According to an Associated Press 1h Poll, baseball is still the most popular ee iit | 7 ‘ - Americs sport. We understand Hi Paty 5 though. that drinking and talkir i Ligne vel _ . : hough, that ¢ 4] ——_—_—_— about the depression are giving it a | “Would youse say ‘Dear Warden’ or would youse just use ‘Sir’?” pretty close run, a | Hi ; | i Human Handbooks i q tie man who never caught a tish i : i T Will tell you how to hook one. ff The man who never cooked a dish eH Knows ninety ways to cook one. t i : : 3 | The man who never steered a boat f t . Will tell vou how to do so. i | i The man who never sang a note Lh Still deprecates Caruso. | The man who never wrote a tale | Makes light of Poe and Strindberg. qd The chap who never few the mail | 7) Has several hints for Lindbergh. j ] | The man who never trapped a mous: = ] Will tell you how he killed one. | | The man who never built a house } Advises how to build one, | So why pay consultation fees i \ And why waste years at coll When every admits that he's | A Walki Book of Knowle: —Awrier L. Lavras Wirr—Ihy can’t you get me a fur coat—you're the 200 keeper, ain'tcha? : } on comicbooks.com