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Judge — October 1937 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Political Cartoon Analysis: Judge Magazine Page This page contains three satirical pieces from Judge magazine (likely 1930s-40s, given references to Italy, Germany, and Japan as threats). **Top cartoon:** Satirizes fascist nations' justification of military aggression as "defense." The figure being chased (likely representing a civilian or smaller nation) illustrates how authoritarian regimes use sophisticated rhetoric to disguise invasive warfare, contrasting their "civilized" weapons with caveman-like logic. **"More Fried Eels" section:** Humorously debunks longevity claims. It mocks elderly people's contradictory secrets to long life (onions, water abstinence, fried eels, suspenders) while referencing a Soviet scientist's claim that humans should live 180 years—then sardonically questions why anyone would want to. **Bottom cartoon and toast essay:** Absurdist humor complaining that toast-buttering servants always butter the middle instead of edges. This appears to be pure comedic filler, mocking minor domestic frustrations. The page blends political satire with lighthearted humor typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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and highly efficient weapons they are, too—for “defense” of course. But with his Soely developed pan he is oR to ay logic to the use of weapons, logic witch the caveman never hha tadteo become convinced that he is “defend. ing” himself even when he invades a foreign country and spreads with his weapons, devastation, desolation and death. Truly civilization is a remarkable thing—in Italy, Germany and Japan! More Fried Eels WE HAVE unearthed a gentle con. spiracy against all of us youngsters. Persons more than 80 years old have an agreement among. themselves to keep the secret of their longevity; but they have to answer questions, and this is what they say: Frank Coser, of Placerville, Colo., claims that he has lived to be 101, and that his father lived to be 127, by eating lots of onions. Dr. Walter G. Kendall, of Quincy, Mass., who is 83, ascribes his long life to abstinence, from water. He drank water last in 1912. Mrs. Haruko Katayama, a jepaase dancer, says she has lived to more than 100 because she has eaten fried eels three times a day for the last 50 years. Brigadier General Samuel E. Tillman, when asked how he got to be 90, says, “I've worn suspenders all my life.” In this connection, the findings of Prof. P. Lasarev of the Institute of Ex- perimental Medicine in Moscow are in. teresting; he has discovered that all men should live to be 180 years old. Why anyone would want to spend 180 years tottering around in suspenders, begging, in a quavering, onion-scented voice for more fried eels, is beyond our under- standing. But you can’t blink the facts. GPIDERS think we are disgusting be- cause we have so few legs. FoR MORE years now than we care to contemplate, we have been eating toast. It is dry, harsh stuff, devoid of flavor; it is burnt bread, and we have never seen a shred of evidence to show that it is better than unburnt bread; nor do we know any reputable people who prefer it to bread. Eating toast is a national habit: nobody likes it, but no- body has the initiative to stop it. We are resigned to toast; we expect to go on eating it till the doctors put us on a liquid diet and commend our soul to God. But one thing we do de- mand: we want our toast buttered on the edges. If you will study the facts, as we have done, you will find that toast-butterers always butter the middle, and always leave the edges dry. There is no reason for this; it is irrational and perverse; "Work furiously on your typewriter while I shake this drink.” toast-butterers damn well better stop it. Judge comicbooks.com