Judge, 1935-03 · page 6 of 40
Judge — March 1935 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis: Judge Magazine **Top Cartoon ("Get 'Em While They're Hot"):** Depicts a circus-like scene with a barker selling concessions (peanuts, popcorn, candy). The joke satirizes urban apartment living—neighbors complaining about amateur xylophone practice and radiators, while advertising/broadcasting stations avoiding saying "Hell" but broadcasting other crude content. The satire critiques selective moral standards and urban noise pollution. **Bottom Cartoon ("Always knocking for more steam"):** Shows a man in a bathtub surrounded by fully-clothed guests. The caption jokes about someone constantly demanding more steam/hot water while underdressed. This appears to be domestic humor about household complaints and comfort expectations. **"Henry-Kari" Poem:** A satirical character portrait of a modern Japanese man adopting Western customs (tuxedo instead of kimono, attending modern schools) while remaining superficially arrogant about Japanese superiority. The satire mocks pretentious cultural hypocrisy.
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Judge Get "Em While They're Hot ware; peanuts, popcorn, ly, cigars, cigarettes, sand- ewing gum, soft drinks, ice m, taffy, balloons, pinwheels, tick- pennants, buttons, and get your picture taken.” “What's going on here—a circus?” “N don’t you read your papers? A famous murder trial.” We don’t mind having the amateur xylophone players in our apartment house practicing on their radiators all the time, but we do think the landlord might at least get some of the radiators tuned up a bit. stations are not per- st the word “Hell but lots of stuff that’s broadcast cer- tainly sounds like it. Court stenographers take as many as 50,000 words a day, says a business school brochure. This is a great deal more than an average typist takes in a day, and nearly as much as a normal husband takes in an entire evening. “Tie her up, hell—I’m gonna hold her!” —— Henry-Kari GIVE you, readers, the modern Jap, A wholly cultured, civilized chap Who now-a-days is proud to own a Tuxedo instead of a flowered kimono. Who sends his children to modern schools And earns his living with modern tools, While he lauds himself as able to Possess an extremely high I.Q. He peers in scorn through fine bi-focals At other nations’ backward yokels, And boasts that e modern Jap Will soon be sporting a Phi Beta Kap. He laughs at the world and blithely tells it To sit on a tack while he outsells it. He bluffs the nations and as a sequel Considers himself at least their equal. But whenever annoyed, insulted, out- smarted, Embarrassed, sick, or just down- hearted, “ . , He proves himself of a primitive race, Always knocking for more steam—why don’t you put on For he slits his stomach to save his face. some heavy underwear!” —James Parton. comicbooks.com