Judge — June 25, 1932 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Judge Magazine: "Give a Job" This satirical cartoon proposes absurd employment solutions for the unemployed during an economic crisis (likely the Great Depression era). Each panel mocks both unemployment and potential "solutions": - **"Keeping the Beans from Burning"**: Unemployed people work as stove monitors - **"Waking the Late Sleeper"**: Men use cannons to rouse oversleepers - **"Holding the 8:15"**: Workers literally hold a train in place - **"Cleaning Out Cellars"**: Menial basement work - **"Guarding Against Bill Collectors"**: Standing watch at homes - **"Singing Baby to Sleep"**: Men hired as lullaby singers The satire critiques both the severity of joblessness and the government's apparent inability to create meaningful employment. The increasingly ridiculous "jobs" highlight how desperate the situation had become—any work, no matter how pointless, was being considered. The cartoon sarcastically suggests that even absurd make-work was preferable to no employment at all.