Judge, 1932-04-30 · page 11 of 36
Judge — April 30, 1932 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis for Modern Readers This page contains two distinct satirical pieces from Judge magazine: **"Judge" Column (Bull Perkins):** A lengthy first-person account describing theatrical fraud in professional wrestling. The narrator details how promoters fake matches—using a backstage man with a tent peg to strike opponents who get "too tough," paying wrestlers to take predetermined dives, and collecting donations from audiences by claiming the injured wrestler needs money for his starving family. The satire targets the dishonesty of professional wrestling as entertainment masquerading as sport. **Political Cartoons:** - Top right: A judge or authority figure threatening "student pilots," suggesting criticism of reckless or inexperienced leadership - Bottom: A couple at a dining table, with the caption about "disgusting noises"—likely domestic humor **"Criticism" Section:** Brief satirical jabs at contemporary issues: laundry quality, politician Bascom Slemp's election predictions, and difficulty funding theatrical productions. The overall tone mocks institutional dishonesty, poor service, and political incompetence common to 1920s-era America.
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JUDGE Now we got ways of fixing: these wise yruys dso l rolls over to the back of the ring where Sam the prop man is waiting behind the canvas with a tent pex. The | dea is for him to crack any guy who gets too tough. Its n old gay—John L. Sullivan used it in tank towns but | t always was yrood. m the poor dope sets his signals witched and lets me have it right on the bean by mistake, When I came to this Tarzan bird was grabbing the dough nd takin: the air with one and the same motion HERE was at least twenty five ones in that roll to s nothing of the phoney ten spot they put on top as a | ome on. If it wasn’t that Percy is packing them in, | yruess he would have canned me. It wasn’t long before Smith is backstage wavine the im dough and yellin’ curses that I never even heard vefore. A couple of the Show dicks crowd around him nd he soon cools down. The upshot of it was they sive im fifty a week and let him stay with the Show. And here is where I burn up. They got it fiyured out or this dope to throw me a couple of nights a week. The wage is for him to totter up on the staye all pale and dir ind then when I take the dive he collapses. This is the for Old Isaacs to come out and tell the audience that ie finds out the poor guy is doing it all for the wife and ciddies who are starving. To top it all, Isaacs starts to ass the hat around to help him out and throws in a yv twenty to start the ball rolling. On a good night hey get an extra two or three hundred that way. i I don’t like the muy and h taking the dive for 1 Fl Jet you know how things are going. We hit ‘} Paso next and then hop to the West Coast, where I hink TH br off from this outfit. At the rate while Percy is building up a rep for himself, there vhy I shouldn't promote my own show. Keep smiling and lets here something about the busi- ess taking a turn for the yood. your son Bull Perkins. student pilots!” , my—thoxe Criticism e big difficulty with the shirts we get back from the laundry nowa- days is that they fit the cardboard ) inside better than they do us. Bascom Slemp has predicted that the Democrats will win only five states in November. Politician or not, that man was cut out to be an economic expert. And even if fellow writes a darned yood pro: y song he’s up against the problem of finding some one with enough money to put it on the market. $i ayers ” oe It begins to look as though the “Wilbur, Lawish you wouldi't make those Shanghai war would yo into extra disgusting noises!” innings. comicbooks.com