Judge, 1932-03-05 · page 8 of 36
Judge — March 5, 1932 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two distinct sections: a cartoon and local gossip items. **Top Cartoon ("It's no use, Ed—he won't talk"):** Shows what appears to be police or officials questioning a suspect who refuses to cooperate. The joke suggests someone in custody is refusing to speak to interrogators. **"Home-Town Items" section:** A collection of brief local anecdotes about small-town characters and situations—Joe Strakatt selling animal skins, Granny Grimes commenting on women in parades, Sandy Campbell's jaw injury from a phone mishap, and various other trivial incidents. **Bottom illustration:** Shows two formally dressed men at a dinner party or social gathering, with a waiter announcing someone will soon be "beatin' on his plate." The page exemplifies Judge's formula of mixing satirical humor with lighthearted local gossip and social observations typical of early 20th-century American magazines.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
JUDGE and now Gloomy’s worrying for fear it will, Waiters at the Commercial House were puzzled Tuesday when a deaf- mute diner held up ten fi and ove At last the He wanted Thousand Island dressing. Our Possum Flat correspondent was unduly excited during the ice- plant fire.” He phoned to inform us that six tons of ice were reduced to ashes. The will of the late Hez Crump stipulates that his florist shop must be personally run by his nephew, Zachary, who has the worst case of | y fever in Possum County. | The February meeting of — the | Woman-Haters’ Club has been post- poned, duc to the absence of its pre } dent and secretary, who are honey- mooning in Cuba. Pythias Peavy, whose doctor pre- scribed “nothing but liquids for the - ‘Ralph jane next two months,” has ordered eight cases of rye. “It’s no use, Ed—he won't talk.” —Bannie Payne Home-Town Items Jon Stuaxarr had a bunch of rab- Y dit and squirrel skins given to him free last week. He sold them for twenty dollars, and has used up four igure his per- | “A woman is supposed to be a vain ] critter that likes to be looked at and ] admired,” says Granny Grimes, “but ] maybe you've noticed wl of the marchin’ in parades.” Hoes most Sandy Campbell suffered a dislo- cated jaw last Friday while talking too fast over a play telephone. The Goose Ankle train came in shead of time every day last weck, and the engineer is thinking some- thing of buying a watch. You can tell that Ike Botts, our new State Senator, is green at states- manship. He still forgets himself now and then and says, “I remem- her,” instead of “I have not been un- mindful that—” Rumor has it that Pythias Peavy testified in the Hepp. trial, », I don’t have to wear glasses the time,” and then added, under his breath, “only when I want to see.” The doctor told Gloomy Graves that so much worrying would kill him, Warten—I'e'll have him beatin’ on his plate in a couple of minutes! 6 comicbooks.com