Judge, 1932-04-30 · page 9 of 36
Judge — April 30, 1932 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This Judge magazine page contains Depression-era satire. The top cartoon mocks wealthy New Yorkers ("Morgan crocuses" references the wealthy Morgan family on Murray Hill) for flaunting spring flowers during economic hardship—the joke being flowers are inappropriately cheerful when people are suffering. The middle section "Sliced" comments on how wealthy businessmen who once conducted deals on golf courses have now lost their fortunes ("got off into the rough"—a golf reference). The bottom cartoon shows two men who've apparently collided on a road, with one asking if a bolt belongs to either of them—likely satirizing careless wealthy drivers or slapstick humor about accidents during hard times. All three pieces mock the wealthy's obliviousness or misfortune during the Great Depression, using wordplay and visual humor typical of 1930s satirical magazines.
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Young Upstarts Defy Depression In Heart of Ci HE Morgan crocuses are out! Have they no sense of decency? This is no year for them to flout Their carefree stripes. It seems to me hey ought to shrink back in the th Through which they popped the other day. What right have they to joyous birth With all creation wan and gray? They ought to shut up shop and wa ‘o flaunt their darling petals till Some season more appropriate For showing off on Murray Hill. — MARGARET FISHBACK. Sliced FEW years ago most business was , + Adone on the golf links, but lately t seems to have got off into the ough, JUDGE CULINARY DELIGHTS Llotel Chef smacking his chops. “Does this little bolt I've just picked up in the road there belong to either of you gentlemen?” comicbooks.com