Judge, 1932-10 · page 9 of 36
Judge — October 1932 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* contains multiple satirical pieces targeting 1920s American social issues, particularly **Prohibition** and economic anxiety. The top cartoon mocks fortune-telling with cocktails, referencing the **Prohibition era** (1920-1933) when alcohol was illegal—guests secretly drinking cocktails at social gatherings. The "Add Similes" section uses comparative humor to critique contemporary problems: breadline poverty (Great Depression context), watered-down beer during Prohibition, hospitals losing money, and prohibition's failure to protect homes—the cocktail's real damage is spilled drinks guests must pay for, a wry commentary on enforcing an unpopular law. The "Patent Medicine Dept." cartoon shows two men at a drugstore counter discussing a cold remedy, likely satirizing how patent medicines were marketed as cure-alls during this period. The poetry sections ("Slightly Sour Grapes," "Request," "Sad Story") offer lighthearted commentary on romance, relationships, and hangovers—the latter clearly referencing secret drinking despite Prohibition. Overall, the page satirizes Prohibition's ineffectiveness and broader post-war social disruption.
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Add Similes N° MORE feeling of se- curity than the last man in a breadline. The brown October ale > yet nowadays isn’t ex- brown but it does a heavy nut-brown taste in the mouth. It's all right to make mountains out of mole- hills, but we wish people wouldn't make them out of old tin cans. And even the hospitals are showing an operating loss. The cocktail, thunders a prohibitionist, is ruining the American home. About the only way to prevent it seems to be to force the guest who spills it to pay for the damage. . . 5 And we all make mis- “Can't you tell fortunes with cocktails? takes. That's why there My quests don't care for teal” are tabloid newspapers. Slightly PATENT | Sour Grapes MEDICINE ( yrs who blush at jokes risque Know the meanings anyway. Request Since you think our love must end And I'm not to be your mi: S May I ask you as a friend To highly ‘ecommend my kisses? Sad Story When he was very young he thought That every woman could be bought; And so he started as a joke To prove his views—and now he’s broke. WE planned the evening carefully, The dinner, wine and laughter; But one thing we did not foresee— Our heads the morning after. Moral Note Girls who offer no resistance Lead an awfully nice e: ence. wees , . P 9 —EVELYNE Love Cooper L’ll take the cash, you'd better take something for that cold! 7 comicbooks.com