Judge, 1935-07 · page 7 of 36
Judge — July 1935 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **"We'd like to speak to Mr. Brisbane"** – The cartoon shows people crowding an editorial room, apparently wanting to contact a specific editor (likely Arthur Brisbane, a famous newspaper editor of the era). The satire likely comments on public demand for editorial access or influence. 2. **"O and OO"** – A brief piece joking about roulette wheels versus radio dials, then discusses Americans creating new customs like "Scraping Through Till Payday" and mentions increased marriages and straw hats being in season. 3. **"Fore!"** – A cartoon showing a golfer hitting toward a car on a road, with a bear emerging from the vehicle. This appears to satirize the collision of recreational activities (golf) with modern transportation and wildlife encounters. The overall tone is light, observational humor about American life and customs.
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Our Mail UR mail is literally filled with send-a-dollar, send-two-dollars and send-five-dollars letters. Just yesterday there were six letters wanting a dollar, three letters asking us to send two dol- lars and two letters telling us to send a five-spot. We're getting fed up on them, and although we send a dollar now and then just to be a good sport, we throw most of the letters into the wastebasket. Yes indeed, when one buys things on the installment plan, one cer- tainly receives a lot of dunning letters. Gas There are two significant things we read about Germany. The people are learning to put on gas masks at a mo- ment’s notice and Hitler is making more speeches than ever. And as we understand it, our news- papers are determined to keep their right to print the truth, whether they print it or not. “We'd like to speak to Mr. Brisbane.” 0 and 00 HE difference between a radio dial and a rou- lette wheel is that on the roulette wheel you can oc- casionally pick out a number that will produce something. Americans are gradually making their own customs and traditions, says a writer. The first one we can think of offhand is our deep- rooted practice of Scraping Through Till Payday. Marriages have nearly doubled in number since 1934. However, plenty of this is repeat business. Well, straw hats are in season again, so now every- body looks like butchers and Chevalier impersonators. And the chances are there wouldn’t have been any droughts in the West if the people had gone on a few picnics. “Fore!” comichooks.