Judge, 1932-02-27 · page 10 of 36
Judge — February 27, 1932 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two editorial cartoons satirizing American political and social issues of the interwar period. The **top cartoon** ("On that?") depicts a courtroom scene where a judge appears skeptical or dismissive, likely mocking Republican Party leadership struggles—the accompanying text questions whether Republicans can find candidates who will actually support the party. The **bottom cartoon** ("No, I won't go to no dance with no flask-toting bum!") shows a couple discussing Prohibition-era drinking culture. The woman refuses to date a man who carries alcohol flasks, satirizing the contradictions of Prohibition enforcement and social hypocrisy. The **accompanying text** offers brief satirical commentary on contemporary issues: magazine depravity, automobile windshield wipers, economic hardship (silver shortage), disarmament conferences, battleship newsreels, and American reformers' focus on controlling others' behavior rather than solving systemic problems. The overall tone critiques both political incompetence and social pretension during the 1920s-early 1930s.
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JUDGE “On that?” The Question ne Republicans have found a candidate, all right, but how do we know that the candidate will find any Republicans? And these new magazines apparent- ly think that depravity is the soul of wit. Now that we have a wiper to enable us to see through the windshield, all we need is something to enable us to see through the wiper. There is plenty of silver to be had in this country, says Arthur Brisbane. Yes, we know. It’s just around the corner of that dark cloud. And while they're holding that dis armament conference at Geneva, why not have our delegates propose scrap- ping the battleship newsreels? All that American reformers seem to want is life, liberty, and the pur- with no flask-toting bum!” suit of other people's happiness. comicbooks.com