Judge, 1932-06-18 · page 6 of 36
Judge — June 18, 1932 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Explanation for Modern Readers **Top Cartoon ("Judge"):** A courtroom scene titled "The taxidermist Hides from a Creditor." A man hides behind a large book while various animal-headed figures (appearing to represent creditors or legal authorities) sit in judgment above. The joke uses the literal profession of taxidermy—stuffing and mounting dead animals—as metaphor: the taxidermist is "stuffed" or trapped by his debts, surrounded by bestial creditors. **Bottom Cartoon ("Paper-Hanger"):** Two men examine a car covered in wallpaper. The caption explains: unable to afford paint, the owner applied wallpaper instead. This satirizes Depression-era economic desperation and makeshift solutions to maintaining appearances during financial hardship. Both cartoons reflect 1930s economic anxiety—debt, creditors, and poverty forcing people into absurd, undignified compromises.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
JUDGE The taxidermist Hides from a Creditor. Summer Exodus S Mrs. Sowerbury Gates Has opened out-of-town estates? And Mrs. Johnson-Brown and daughter, Genevieve, are on the water’ So Mrs. Bronson Marmon Veach Is snapped, with others, on the beach At gay Southampton? Looks as though The Social Push is on, and so I guess I'll grab my hoarded pile and Mosey down to Coney Island. —G. A.A H£ Chinese have a novel way of taking care of war veterans. They keep them fighting. About the only ships that are com- ae oo: ing in these days are receiverships. “BanoeL Una PaPeR-HANGER—/ couldn't afford to have my car painted this year so I put wall-paper on it! No sir, it’s no joke to graduate from college nowadays and have an unemployed father on your hands. comicbooks.com