Judge, 1932-04-02 · page 12 of 36
Judge — April 2, 1932 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from Judge contains humorous advice columns and satirical cartoons typical of early 20th-century American humor. **The Cartoons:** The top illustration shows a "De Luxe Art School" where doormen cram customers into a theater despite fire code violations. The satire mocks theaters that falsely advertise available seating. The bottom cartoon depicts a couple at what appears to be a tailor or dry cleaner, with one person demanding pajamas back by tomorrow—satirizing the gap between promised service delivery and reality. **The "Queries" Section:** Readers submit absurd practical problems (removing olives from bottles, counting shirt pins), and Professor Williams responds with mock-serious but ridiculous solutions (using BB shot and magnets; freezing bottles solid). The humor lies in treating trivial consumer complaints with overwrought technical advice. **Social Context:** These pieces satirize modern consumer culture, retail dishonesty, and everyday frustrations of urban middle-class life. The final note about "sales-tax resistance" suggests contemporary economic concerns.
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JUDGE as in the case of inferior doormen, they know that the house is jammed but figure it will take the customers twenty minutes to get far enough in De Luxe “ side to see the screen at all. QT, | . me ves § ART, ay pA [* Q Mi. A says a new shirt con- | \ ‘ = * tains fifty pins. it seems like: ~ Mr. B states that it) contains on eight; Mr. © asserts that he has never discovered more than six. How can we settle this pin problem?—S. Jones, New York City. A.: Mr. A and Mr. B are both cor- rect. Tf Me. C. has never discovered tore than six pins in a new shirt it is probable that he does net bend or squirm much in his clothes. ‘The only way to settle this pin problem is to buy second-hand shirts. (Professor Williams will pay $1 for all Queeries acceptable for answer in this department.) Easy And now all the government has to do is ze some kind of a cam- paign to break down the consumers “Say, Harry, look through that can for the other half of this.” QUEERIES Answered by Prof. G. Williams Q How can I remove the last two * olives from a bottle without smashing the bottle and getting the olives full of splintered glass?—E. Bureh, New Haven, Conn, A.: There are three methods of solvii this difficulty. ‘The first is to shoot the olives full of BB shot and draw them out by means of magnet; the second is to fill the bottle or jar with water, freeze it solid in your electric ref rator, then chop away the glass from the ice-protected olives; and the third is to follow the example of well-to-do people and just let the last two olives go. siles-tax resistance. Q Wiy do movie doormen inform * prospective customers that (a) there are seats now without waiting, and that (b) the feature picture will begin in five minutes, when in reality there is scarcely standing room left, and the picture won't go on for at least a half hour?—F. Reck, Detroit, Mich. A.: (a) No first-class movie door- man has ever been permitted to see a crowded theatre, as this would de- stroy his faith in his job. He is re- quired to picture in his mind's all times a house practically de of customers. (b) Movie doormen permitted to tell little white lies, or, “Hang the cost, Burns! [want those pajamas back by tomorrow night!” comicbooks.com