Judge, 1932-05-21 · page 5 of 36
Judge — May 21, 1932 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page (May 18, 1932) This page from Judge magazine contains satirical commentary on contemporary issues. The main cartoon depicts a woman consoling a distressed man sitting in a large chair, with the caption: "Cheer up, Myrtle—one time I thought something inside me snapped and I found that it was nothing but my corset!" The joke plays on economic anxiety during the Great Depression (this is May 1932). The woman's quip suggests that what felt like an internal collapse was merely a physical garment failure—satirizing how people minimized serious financial worries or psychological distress as trivial matters. Above, brief editorial items mock current events: Navy budget increases, the "Ask Me Another" book trend (linked to the Seabury investigation), and criticism of the new Commerce Department building as wasteful during economic hardship.
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Jack Suurtteworr, Editor Georce Jeas Nain rcHarp J. Warsit Swwney S. Lenz, Contributing Editors JUDGING THE NEWS VERHEARD during a lull in the stock exchanye: Jon't cheer, boys, the poor devils are buying.” Tue Navy frugal spiri sked for an incr entering into the of the times. It e in its appropri- and then con- sented to yet along on an increase of 329,950,000. AND about the only way to make 4X the public patronize the stock market now would be to invent a stock ticker that croons. Ask Me Another books are rin becoming popular. This no doubt is a result of the Seabury investigation, V E always yet our early morning exe from the radio. Some- body turns it on and we have to get up and turn it off. CRITIC says the new Department of Commerce building is entirely unnec ary and serves no useful purpose. Just like the Department of Commerce. “Cheer up, Myrtle onetime 1 thought something inside me snapped and I found that it was nothing but my corset!” comicbooks.com