Judge, 1935-11 · page 11 of 36
Judge — November 1935 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The top cartoon depicts a group of scantily-clad women (appearing to be chorus girls or performers) confronting two men in formal attire. The joke—"What the hell kind of men are they—doctors or something?"—suggests the men are either unusually reserved or perhaps there for medical/professional rather than social reasons, playing on the contrast between the women's obvious attempt at seduction and the men's apparent indifference. This is typical Jazz Age satire about changing social mores and gender dynamics. Below is "Ode to Autumn," a poem by Norman R. Jaffray celebrating the season—referencing football, oysters, and maple leaves. The accompanying cartoon shows a child in bed saying he won't perform songs and dances unless given a football, making the team. This reflects 1920s-30s American priorities: athletics and competitive success over entertainment or obedience. The page satirizes both romantic/social pretense and youthful materialism/ambition.
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Judge “What the hell kind of men are they—doctors or something?” Ode to Autumn ARDLY in Keat’s style, I fear, This humble or a wealth of reasons. ertheless I lift my cheer o autumn, the crown, the jewel, of seasons Autumn, h Season o Autumn, that pens in boardi The fractious young of th and champagne-cool : Autumn, that brings Fontanne « Back to our boards for le Autumn, whose brisk wind wafts the punt Out of the halfback’s straining hands Autumn, that crisps the celery shoot: Plucks the clam fre s Cape Cod cloister: Ripens the hay and swells the fruit And writes the R for the toothsome ovster Autumn, that paints the maple-leaf With the careless art of the practiced tinter Autumn, that makes me turn, with grief, To writing verses about the Winter “Pm not giving you a song and dance—if | get a football, Pl make the team.” Nowaay Ro Jareeay. comicbooks.com