Judge, 1934-03 · page 9 of 36
Judge — March 1934 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from Judge presents three satirical cartoons mocking contemporary figures and situations: 1. **Miss Martha Gleeps**: A society woman suing her cosmetic surgeon (a "face-lifter") for malpractice after he abandoned her on the operating table to take a phone call, reflecting 1920s-30s anxieties about plastic surgery and frivolous lawsuits. 2. **The Dollar Crisis**: A cartoon showing Parisians rushing toward the Seine after learning of another dollar devaluation—satirizing international financial instability and European economic desperation. 3. **Harry Glotz**: A famous "advertisement defacer" arrested for vandalizing Gutzon Borglum's Mount Rushmore carving of George Washington with a moustache, lampooning both defacement crimes and Borglum's famous monument. 4. **The "Invention"**: A mysterious device purportedly helping "Semitic traveling men" avoid Germany—a darkly antisemitic reference to rising German hostility toward Jewish people, likely dating this to the 1930s. The page exemplifies Judge's satirical approach to contemporary scandals, financial news, and social issues.
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GLEEP'S, ph aphed below, is suing a well-known face-lifter for damages. The medico, she claims, left her on the op- erating table to make a ‘phone call; and failed to return. HE camera man was indeed fortunate in obtaini rending panorama of a large portion of the Parisian population hea hopelessly for the Seine, as they learn of another drop in the dollar. HIS stupendous telephoto picture shows Harry Glotz, fa- mous advertisement defacer, as he reached the zenith of his career with a moustache on Gutzon Borglum’s carving of George Washington, Subsequently arrested, Mr. Glotz’s only regret was that he had not had time to cross the eyes. LLUSTRATED in the above snap- shots is a recent invention which, it is believed, will prove of inestimable value to Semitic traveling men who are forced to include Germany in their itinerary. comicbooks.com