Judge, 1932-08 · page 10 of 36
Judge — August 1932 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page collects satirical "news briefs" mocking contemporary social issues, circa 1920s-30s. The cartoons ridicule: 1. **Economic hardship**: A Scotsman demands payment from debtors for chiropractic care; a family's house is literally repossessed with the mortgage. 2. **Prohibition's failure**: Grand Island complains chlorinated water "injures" home brew quality—mocking speakeasies and illegal alcohol production despite the law. 3. **Political hypocrisy**: A New Jersey Anti-Saloon League leader visits a speakeasy and remains "in favor of prohibition"—exposing moral inconsistency. 4. **Absurd bureaucracy**: The Bureau of Navigation mandates lights on canoes, destroying romance through regulation. 5. **Justice system failures**: An Irish judge frees confessed robbers because jail costs too much; a woman endures 1,040 beatings over nineteen years. The humor targets government incompetence, legal corruption, class inequality, and the disconnect between stated values and actual behavior during Prohibition-era America.
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Judge He Got *Em! there was the Scotchman who needed chiropractic treat- ments. So he went around to the people who owed him money and de- manded it. HEN The mortgage on our house has been lifted. They lifted the house with it. ai EVERYTHING: MUST co! “T'm sure going to tell my wi about these silk stockings.” “Who ya gettin’ ya lemonade from?” So What? Berlin. An ardent Socialist named his dog “Bruning.” This permits him to shout “Bruning, you dog” without incurring the possibility of a suit for slander. Grand Island, Neb. The city au- thorities have received many com- plaints about the recent chlorination of the water supply. It is injuring the quality of the home brew. AMERICAN Tourist—This tropical sun sure is funny— we've been here a month without a sign of a tant! 8 Hamilton, Ont. McLoughlin composed music entitled “Influenza—a Tone Poem.” First Movement—Prelimi- Symptom: Second Movement —Onset of the Disease. Third Move- ment—The Dis Fourth Move- ment—Conva' Dr. F. E. a piece of Washington. The Bureau of Navi- gation has decreed that canoes on lakes and rivers must hereafter carry lights. It points out that the gov- ernment cannot officially recognize the romantic angle of canoeing. Bastia, Corsica. Andre Spada, head of the local banditti, requested the police to stop molesting him and his men. He asked that the pursuits of “innocent and honorable bandits” should not be interfered with. New York. James K. Shields, head of the New Jersey Anti-Saloon League, visited a speak y as the guest of an official of the New York crusaders. He expressed disappoint- ment at what he saw, and declared he is still in favor of prohibition. San Jose, Cal. Mrs. Mabel Schwartz filed suit for divorce, charging that her husband had beaten her one thousand and forty times. She had kept an accurate count for the nineteen years of their married life. Cavam, Ireland. Although two men pleaded guilty to robbery before Justice Avery, they were set free. The judge ruled that it would cost too much to keep them in jail. —wW. E. FARBSTEIN comicbooks.com