Judge, 1933-04 · page 4 of 36
Judge — April 1933 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It features two hotel advertisements: 1. **The Waldorf-Astoria** (top) - promoting luxury accommodations on Park Avenue with new reduced rates during what appears to be an economic downturn (single rooms from $4, double rooms from $7). 2. **Hotel St. Regis** (bottom) - emphasizing its established reputation for serving "nice people." The right column contains **"You're Telling Us?"** — a humor feature showcasing brief satirical quotes attributed to public figures like George Bernard Shaw and Sinclair Lewis, commenting on contemporary issues: Prohibition, economic depression, government costs, and politics. The quotes mock prevailing attitudes and policies of the era rather than targeting specific individuals. This appears to be from the 1920s-early 1930s based on references to Prohibition and economic concerns.
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Waldorf patrons realize fully how much this hotel can con- tribute to the success of their every trip to New York. Its presti mportant ... but more important is the seasoned service organization and the many things it does in per- sonal helpfulness, in time-saving, in catering to the individual. THE WALDORF:ASTORIA PARK AVENUE + 49TH TO SOTH STS * NEW YORK ANNOUNCING NEW LOW RATES SINGLE ROOMS $5,$6... NONE HIGHER DOUBLE ROOMS $7, $8 |... NONE HIGHER PARLOR, BEDROOM, BATH, $10, $14, $18, $20... NONE HIGHER BREAKFAST 75c, $1. . . LUNCHEON $1, $1.50 OAK ROOM: DINNER $2.50; SEAGLADE: DINNER $3; SuPPER $1.50 A la carte prices entirely revised the established graciousness, ST. REGIS FIFTH AVE > NEWYORK the quiet seclusion, the well- mannered service of the St. Regis, famous for knowing how nice people like to live. HOTE L | Changed, the cost; unchanged, YOURE TELLING US? s6sDeEopLe must think I am just ; damned old fool.” — Georg: Bernard Shaw. “There is no particular reaso: why Sharkey and C; shoul rm again.” 4 “Our country is suffering from : depression.” — James A “The great game of politics car bring its own reward.”—Ogden L Mills. “T don’t need to worry about any thing.”—James J. Walker. “The Prohibition Law most cer tainly has not achieved what it set out to do.”—George W. Wickersham “The people learned a lot in the last two ye: -Senator Elmer Thomas. “Everybody needs money nowa ."—Marion Talley. fhe French and the Germars are civilized."—Clara Bow. “Logie is an addiction the men into acute melanchol liam Allen White. “The cost of government is all out of proportion.”—Joseph V. McKee “Writers are all dumb.”—Sinclaiy Lewis. “I've got ideas."—Samuel Lione! Rothafel. “The present time is not normal.” —Ruth Bryan Owen. “What is written for the radio might happen to be literature.” Booth Tarkington. “There are too many useless docu ments.”—Philip Guedalla. “In the old days of enforcement, there were undoubtedly abuses."- Amos W. W. Woodcock. “T hate whimsy."—Ben Hecht. “I am damn fool enough to think I am doing something for the people of my country.”—Huey P. Long. “A few years ago any one who had a pair of white spats and a love nest on Park Avenue could become a banker."—F. H. LaGuardia. “I am not a prophet.”—Heywood Broun. “Babe Ruth should consider him self lucky to be able to get fifty thousand dollars for one season.”— Stony McLinn. “We expect to rally the nation to uphold Prohibition."—Edward Pag: Gaston. comicbooks.com