Judge, 1932-06-18 · page 7 of 36
Judge — June 18, 1932 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains two sections: a comedic dialogue ("A La Cosmopolitan") and a cartoon. **The Dialogue:** Two men (Ted and another) discuss New York restaurants. Ted recommends a Russian place for "good home cooked meal," then suggests various ethnic establishments—French, Danish pastry, Japanese spaghetti, and a German beer garden. The joke appears to mock New York's diverse immigrant restaurant scene and perhaps satirizes Americans' casual consumption of foreign cuisines without deep cultural understanding. **The Cartoon:** An engineer asks lost travelers "Hey, is this th' way to Kansas City?" while a train passes nearby. The humor likely derives from the travelers' confusion or the absurdity of their predicament—they appear stranded or disoriented near railroad tracks. Both items appear to target urban American life and immigration-related social commentary typical of Judge magazine's satirical approach.
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A La Cosmopolitan LO.” “Is that you, " “Yeah, how are you?” “OK. ’. Ted, I feel like eating srood me cooked meal tonight. Do you know any good place where I can get a plate of simple, whole- some food?” “Well, There’s a swell Russian place down the street where they have Southern cooking.” Naw, nothing like that, nothing foreign.” % “How about that French Restau- rant near you that serves such good chop suey?” “What other place do you know?” “Well, let’s see, have you ever been to Tony’s? Toney specializes in Danish How does that sound?” “Not so hot. Japanese place whe the srood spayrhetti “Oh, they've gone out of business, the Spanish influence was too much for ‘em. But there’s a German beer garden down on Seventh Avenue don let’s see. astry. Where is that we used to yet JUDGE that’s run by an Irish politician who'll fix you up with the tastiest Borscht you ever put tongue to.” “I've been there. It’s overrated. What I want is some simple, Ameri- can food—something like hash.” “Boy, you’re up against a tough proposition. I don’t know of a sinule place—say, why don't you try th new drug sto r corner! I bet they'll gi Phat’s an idea. T aswell Thanks for the sugyestion, ‘Ma, Tl be seeing you.” “So long.” “S'long.” KATHERINE BEST 3INEER New York Commissioner of fotor Vehicles reports that )00 autoists have failed to renew driving lie this year. Evidently they’re the ones who feel that they never could hit anything, anyway. Hey, is this th’ way to Kansas City?