Judge, 1932-03-26 · page 5 of 36
Judge — March 26, 1932 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page The main cartoon titled "Why must you fight society?" depicts a judge sentencing a prisoner while a small child watches. The satire critiques judicial hypocrisy: the judge lectures the prisoner about lawlessness while society's own injustices continue unchecked. The "Vanishing Americans" poem satirizes various criminal types—thieves, con artists, corrupt officials—using period slang ("Legs," "Bugs"). The irony suggests these "vanishing" criminals are actually thriving despite legal systems meant to stop them. The "Prettier World!" section lists anecdotes of businessmen and professionals who lost fortunes through dishonesty or misfortune, with the recurring phrase "had lost money until he did not have much more than—" The satirical point: respectable society engages in the same unethical behavior judges condemn in criminals.
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Vanishing Americans JF Gone is “Bugs”: Hard-boiled eggs, Thieves and thugs; Ralph and Al, Men of sears, Fleurs du mal, Face the bars. Some take raps, Some go riding, Some, perhaps, Lurk in hiding. While they linger, Mark their spot: Put the finger On the lot! —N. J. In Other Words Add deserip- tions: THfe’s the sort of a complete guy you'd use as a blue- print, if you wanted an idiot built. And the prisoner being questioned in the station house by the detectives, doesn't know where his next blackjack is coming from. Revision: Build a better mousetrap our neighbor—and_ he'll come and tell you how you should done it. And if all the people aboard a sub- way car were laid end to end, they'd he more comfortable. ‘Spretty World! M rn. B. B. Brov, of Westchester, 7 shot at himsclf three times at close range. Eluding pursuit, he dashed aboard one of his yachts and headed out to sea, Friends say Blop recently suffered financial reverses. He'd lost money until he did not have much more than— Mr. X. Q. p, a Los Angeles banker, who bit himself on the ear and rom the house. Up un- Earp was still he'd lost money until he did not have much more than Mr. I. Z. Gilp, a St. Louis realtor, who kicked his wife on the shins and made faces at the cook and vanished in thin air. Gilp, it seems, had lost money until he did not have much more than— missing. Friends JUDGE Mr. P. D. Kook, a Walla Walla merchant, who hid in a closet three days and t rushed out in several directions. nok, it is said, had lost money until he did not have much more than Gil Hickey, a Miami hot-dog sta owner, who threw rocks at the house windows, tickled a mule’s hind leg, pulled a goat's whiskers and sprinkled red pepper on an angry alli gator’s tonguc. Gil Hickey was de- spondent. He'd lost money until. he did not have much more than Monk Wrench, a Cleveland me chanic, who drank a quart of nitro- glycerine and then stepped on a red- headed manicurist’s corn. Wrench, it is believed, did not have much more money than »ege Lincoln Moses 3 » Alabama “Why must you fight society?” farmhand, who found a dime. to goodness!" shouted Moses. finds myself one mo’ dime, ¢ twenty cents I’se got. Hot d flowers is bloomin’ an’ de birds is in’ an’ ev'ything gonna be O. K. Yassir!" —Tom Sims sii Suggestion Ax? smother way to end hoarding is 4 t out new models of money ’ ar so the old would have to he traded in, Things are going hay-wire in so many countries, we almost believe at times that all the world’s a stooge. And, give a movie usher enough rope and he'll keep you behind it. comicbooks.com