Judge, 1932-09 · page 7 of 36
Judge — September 1932 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The page contains multiple humor pieces targeting women's behavior and modern life: **"Slightly Sour Grapes"** mocks girls who disobey aunts, suggesting they deserve punishment ("Alençon laces"). **Several brief satirical poems** (including one by Evelyn Love Cooper) humorously critique young women's psychology, secret journals, and dating anxieties—standard early 20th-century gender commentary. **The main cartoon** shows well-dressed men outside a Paris café encountering a woman in revealing dress. The caption "Why Mr. Clisby—what are you doing in Paris?" suggests infidelity or scandal—a common Judge theme mocking sexual hypocrisy. **"Digging In"** discusses urban moving season and housing costs, with a cartoon showing a delivery truck buried under household goods—satirizing the chaos of September relocations in New York City. The page reflects 1920s anxieties about women's independence, urban life, and moral propriety.
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Judge Slightly Sour Grapes IRLS who disobey their Aunties Hiave Alengon laces on their panties. Advice A girl who loves In moods diurnal Should never keep A secret journal. Lm girl IT used to be Please forgive the scrown-up me! I Wonder Will IT ever scrubbing floors be Just because a man adores me? Psychology | have no repressions, Nor am I vain; My thoughts are not filthy | must be insane. Late Hours Every mawning Finds me yawning. Modern Prayer Now I lay me down to sleep, There’s no one here beside me; Dear God, I pray my secret keep... So that my friends won't chide me “Why Mr. Clisby —EVELYNE LovE CoorER what are you doing in Paris?” g ing in T's pretty hard to avoid the pitfalls of the Big City. The gas com- panies are out making new ones in the streets all the time. Some people are born suckers, some try to get something for nothing, and others go cr when they find out that the first payment is only two dollars. September is the great moving month of the year, a New York rental agent. Well, people have to vet rid of their relatives some way. Then there’s the way who said he played “equator” on Fordham’s foot- ball team—that is, midway between the Poles. comicbooks.com