Judge, 1934-07 · page 6 of 36
Judge — July 1934 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains humor pieces satirizing everyday American social situations and anxieties, circa early-to-mid 20th century. The top cartoon shows a nervous person at an apartment building entrance being challenged by a doorman. The accompanying text by James L. Dilley humorously catalogs nerve-wracking social situations: theater etiquette, receiving incorrect change, traffic confrontations, crowded shopping, and embarrassing family encounters. Below, a "Definition" section mocks bridge clubs as places where absent members receive all criticism. Additional jokes target pretentious behavior (a surgeon correcting a chorus girl's diction) and modern inconveniences (car theft, difficulty finding expedition sponsors). The second cartoon depicts someone signing a document while another person objects about it being "dictated but not read"—likely satirizing modern bureaucratic confusion. The satire targets middle-class social anxieties and evolving urban life frustrations.
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And How Are Your Nerves? Try Tnese Simpte Tests HEN you're in a center seat at the theatre in the middle of an exciting first act and have six people on one side of you and six on the other and you wanta go, get up and go. When a bullnecked waiter gives you a half and two quarters in change, stare at him unblinkingly and say, “Change one of these quarters for me, fellow. | wanta leave you a tip.” When a burly Irish traffic cop halts your car and says, “You got away be- fore that light changed, buddy,” sti out your chin and retort, “Well, what if I did?” When you're in a crowded department store and have to wash your hands, el- bow your way through a crowd of women at a bargain counter and ask the pretty little blonde clerk, “Where's the men’s lavatory?” agagagooa ¢ When your mother-in-law says you've offended her and threatens to return to the country, toss her suitcase at " open the front door and kick her in the pants, When your little blonde playmate’s husband returns unexpectedly, — grin from ear to ear, shake hands with him and say, “Pleased to meetcha, old man. Your wife and I used to belong to the same nudist colony.” —James L. Ditrey. “T dare you to come down, you little squirt!!*?!!" Definition BRIDGE CLUB is a place where the absent members get all the slams. Then there was the chap who got a green nose from drinking too much créme de menthe, Surgeon to chorus girl: You may be everything to your producer but you are only an appendectome. C. G.: Oh doctor, your humor is so abdominal! And we suppose the only time the modern Indian goes on the warpath is when someone steals his automobile. An explorer we know has spent the last three years roaming around the country trying to find a sponsor for a - trip to somewhere. “Just sign that ‘dictated but not read!'" 4 comicbooks.com