Judge, 1935-09 · page 5 of 36
Judge — September 1935 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains four separate humorous items: **Top text items** satirize contemporary issues: hand organs being illegal in New York (affecting street musicians' livelihoods), theater managers seeking S.R.O. relief during wartime, and business men receiving more government orders than customers during the preceding two years. **Main cartoon** depicts two prisoners in a cell (marked with tally marks indicating long incarceration). One exclaims about "politics in the building contracts," suggesting corruption in construction projects—likely referencing wartime contract scandals. The cartoon satirizes how political favoritism and bribery influenced government spending, particularly during WWI-era military and infrastructure projects, allowing corrupt officials to profit while honest businesses suffered. The humor targets systemic governmental corruption rather than specific named individuals.
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Jack Suurtiewoxtn, Editor Pare Lorentz New York City. The only mon- key business left is at relief headquarters ER managers complain that nights when they hang out the sign they are bothered by a lot of people whi in and apply for government loans. “Look! There must have been plenty of politics in the building contracts here!” 3 HEN there was the Scotchman who fell love with the girl next door. It wasn’t exactly that he loved her so much but it saved carfare. URING u ness men have been getting more orders from the government than they have from their customers, he last two years ND James J. Braddock is about the only man so far who has put up a fight to get off the relief rolls. NE auto manufacturer tests his cars by running them day and night till they fall apart. We get the same result by just letting a friend take ours for a week-end. comicbooks.com