Judge — December 1934 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Page Content The page features "Away From It All" by Brook Branwade, a satirical piece about vacation advice. The humor contrasts two scenarios where a doctor recommends escaping to the South or away on vacation. The **top cartoon** shows Santa Claus meeting a woman, with the caption "S-s-sh... I'm not really Santa Claus"—likely mocking commercialized Christmas and fake department-store Santas. The **lower cartoon** depicts dining-car passengers, captioned "This is the last time I'll order welsh rarebit on a Pullman train!"—presumably joking about indigestion or poor train food quality. The text satirizes small-town life and business obsessions, suggesting that even vacations can't truly escape from familiar people and concerns. The inclusion of a fire-safety poem adds an unrelated public-service element typical of period magazines.