Judge, 1932-05-07 · page 7 of 36
Judge — May 7, 1932 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis **Top Cartoon:** Shows three men in suits discussing prohibition enforcement ("Bad case of prohibition hand—they say it's incurable"). The gesture and posture suggest the difficulty authorities faced enforcing the alcohol ban. **Bottom Cartoon:** A crowded scene at what appears to be Macy's department store ("We don't try to undersell Macy's!"). This likely satirizes competitive retail pricing during the Depression era. **Text Content:** The "True Story" column contains period commentary on stock market concerns, political "splits," restaurant pricing (60-cent meals), President Hoover's dollar-a-year service offer, and railroad industry troubles. References to dry agents writing jokes suggest public frustration with prohibition enforcement. The page reflects 1930s economic anxiety and prohibition-era social tensions.
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JUDGE True Story New the Senate is trying to find JN out what made the stock market xo down, The rest of us would be satisfied with something that would make it go up. And in polities “split” is a horrid word, We like the sign in our favorite restaurant: All you can eat and any hat that fits you for sixty cents. President Hoover has said that he’s willing to serve for a dollar a year. Some of his critics are mali- cious enough to say that that would be all right for boom times, Perhaps one of the reasons the railroads are broke is that all the traveling salesmen seem to have yiven up their jobs and are now writ- ing jokes for the monthly humorous mayazines “Bad case of prohibition hand—they say it's incurable.” 1 La L the universe is gay, All the planets sing in tune the merry month of May And the marry month of June! A.L.L. A successful New Yorker is a man ho can stand on his own feet in business and on somebody else’s in the subway. Broadway—A place where you pay dollar for andwich named after me guy you'd rather bite in person. People who go to Washington to ayitate believe in doing their kicking: t the seat of the government. If all the dry agents in the country were laid end to end they would probably be sleeping off a series of raids And with art prices down where y are we think it’s a fine oppor- ty for anyone contemplating a p abroad to have his passport pic- ture done in oils. The new law exempts from taxa- n yachts costing less than $15,000. Who says Congress isn’t looking out ' the poor man’s interests? In some parts of the country the liquor is so bad that if it weren't . . axainst the law no one would drink it. “We don't try to undersell Macy's! 5 comicbooks.com