Judge, 1934-07 · page 5 of 36
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# Judge Magazine Cartoon Analysis This July 1914 page features a satirical cartoon about reckless driving. The main illustration shows a speeding automobile nearly colliding with a figure on a bicycle, with the driver exclaiming, "Well, stop at a hydrant or something. You're making me look like a fool!" The joke inverts responsibility: the speeding motorist—clearly the dangerous party—blames the cyclist for making *him* look bad. This satirizes early automotive culture, when wealthy drivers operated vehicles recklessly with little regard for other road users or pedestrians. The accompanying text snippets critique various social issues: business speculation, banks lending recklessly, child labor laws, prizefighting corruption, and housewives' domestic labor. The page reflects Progressive Era concerns about unchecked capitalism and social disorder.
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Jack Snuttiewortn, Editor Grorce Jean NATHAN Pare Lorentz Teo SHANE Puiup Hat Sims NE of our foremost financiers says business is on the upturn all over the nation and everybody has quit whining. Well, everybody except those hill-billy quartets on the radio. ND now they’re advertising head- ache cures on the under side of beer parlor tables. ING CROSBY says that he'll retire as soon as he umulates $150,000. This is just a news item, gentlemen, and not a plea for contributions. “Well, stop at a hydrant or something. voce, July, 1934. Volume 107, Morris, Ill. Whole No. Editorial and executive offices, $2.50; 1S¢ a copy.” Fred Treasurer. 2668 18 East 48th St., New York, $ Mount’Morris, Ill, under act of March 3, 1879. Copyrighted 1934, in the U Fred L. Rogan, President and Particular attention is called to the fact that every article and picture appeari UCCESS is what comes to a man after he finds out that a bank institution willing and prepared to lend money to anyone who doesn’t need it. ND if housewives spent more time keeping homes clean, there’d be a lot less dirt in the tabloids, ND since the child-labor law has been passed, we've had a devil of a time getting our son to mow the lawn. ELL, the bathing suit conces- sionnaires are doing their part for the N. R. A. They’re still renting out bathing suits that will accommodate two bathers apiece. “AND there's so little money in the prizefight racket these days one heavyweight complains he averages about ten cents a dance. You're making me look like a fool!" Published monthly by edge Magazine, Inc. Publication office, d-Class Matter, July 26, 1933, at the Post Office at and Great Britain; Subscri Entered as Secon 404 North Wesley Ave., Mount ion rate $1,50 a year; Canada and foreign, reasurer; Jack Shuttleworth, Vice President; Frank C. Fisher, Secretary; Sadie M. Nilan, Assistant Copyright Law of the U 3 z in Jtoce is protected under the provisions of Section 3 of the comicbooks.com