Judge, 1932-06-18 · page 10 of 36
Judge — June 18, 1932 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains humorous "advice column" responses to reader questions, featuring two main cartoons: 1. **The Golf Cartoon** (top right): A golfer in rough grass calls for his caddy to bring a club, having found his ball. The joke plays on the double meaning—the golfer has literally located his golf ball in the weeds. 2. **The Prohibition-Era Cartoon** (center): A large beer keg displays a sign reading "WE'VE GOT BEER!" This appears to reference Prohibition (likely early 1920s based on Judge's era), satirizing speakeasy operations or illegal alcohol distribution during the alcohol ban. The "Queeries" answers use deadpan, absurdist humor—treating mundane problems with ridiculous solutions (keeping toothpaste caps in a safety deposit box; the elevator story about mistaking dummies for people resulting in starvation). The overall tone is typical of Judge magazine's satirical approach to everyday American life and contemporary issues like Prohibition.
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JUDGE QUEERIES Answered by Prof. Paul Showers How can I prevent the cap of my tooth-paste tube from fall- ing down the drain?—J. Coyne, Ironwood, Mich. One way to prevent this is to brush your teeth in the parlor. Un- less your house is on a steep slant, the cap cannot possibly roll into the bathroom and down the drain. If you are so rich that you have a drain in your parlor, better lock the cap up in your safety deposit box. The surest way would be either to get a can of tooth-powder or to have a plate made and do away with brush- ing your teeth altogether. Where does the cloth go in “Quick, Caddy—bring me a elub—I found my ball.” clothes when they shrink?— .a Pratt, Fitchburg, Mass. Cloth is made up of threa all tangled up at right angl The threads going sidew known as woof, the up-and-down threads as warp. When cloth gets wet, the water first runs down the warps and then switches over to the fs, taking most of the warps it. The cloth is then much smaller, of course, with the warp all fone to the woof. And t accounts for the saying that the suit has gone to the dogs. Althoug’ ‘ore of people may be waiting for the a does the latest arrival inva tep up and push the bell?—R. Atlanta, Ga. The New York Dressmaking Com- pany installed the first elevator in America. Since it was considered a little speedy, the elevator usually carried only dressmaker dummi One night Nellie Nittis, a near- sighted seamstress, decided to take the elevator because she was tired. She mistook a dozen dressmaker dummies standing at the elevator door for people and didn’t bother to ring the bell. The elevator never came! Five weeks later they found Nelli body among the dummies— dead of s ion. People never forgot Nellie’s sad fate. You never can be too sure about the people waiting for the elevator. (Professor Showers will pay $1 for all Queeries acceptable for answer in this department.) comicbooks.com