Judge, 1932-05-21 · page 9 of 36
Judge — May 21, 1932 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis **Top Cartoon:** A shipwrecked man in formal wear clings to wreckage while a woman suggests he remove his tuxedo because he "looks too much like a penguin." This is a simple visual gag playing on the penguin's formal appearance. **"When Do You Think?" Section:** This is a letters column featuring satirical reader submissions mocking Depression-era economic anxiety and urban complaints: 1. **First letter** ridicules the naive suggestion that printing more money would end the Depression—treating it as obviously foolish. 2. **Second letter** absurdly proposes replacing horses with giraffes for noiseless transportation while using them as workplace supervisors. 3. **Third letter** suggests redesigning subways so people descend rather than climb stairs—implying the writer doesn't understand gravity or engineering. 4. **Fourth letter** sarcastically defends street congestion, claiming closed streets would make remaining streets worse. The column satirizes public complaints and half-baked solutions to urban problems through intentionally ridiculous "common sense" proposals. The humor relies on readers recognizing the logical absurdity.
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SHIPWRECKED—F°or ITeaven’s sake, Arthur—take off that tux, you look too much like a penguin! WH DO YOU THINK? D8. When Do You Think Editor: Why does not our yovernment use its bean? If everybody is broke like they say why does not the gov- ernment print more money? It would only cost a few dollars to print billions of dollars worth of bills and rybody would have plenty and the depression would go away. Disgusted Taxpayer. EAR Editor: Here is a timely suggestion for the Noise Abate- ment Committee in this city. Horses make too much noi Why does not the Committee insist that all vehicles be drawn by giraffes which have no vocal cords? Besides, the giraffes could be trained to look into second story windows and see that nobody is loafing on their job. Sensible. V NEN Do You Think Editor: What is the matter with our subway depart- ment? Subw. should be arranyed so that peor can walk downstairs to get both in AND out of them never UPstairs which is tiring and wastes lots of u less energy. This could be remedied by having the subway system run UPhill to the next station or by making the street go down hill. This is an age of science so why not use some of it? Scientific. T° The Editor: It makes me laugh when people complain about our city’s streets being congested and then don’t do anything about it. If every other street was closed up think how worse conditions would be in the streets that weren't closed up. The people that complain are yrumblers who grumble because they haven't anything else to do. Constructive Critic. —PARKE CUMMID JUDGE . Cuts Down on Doorman Overhead. / comicbooks.com