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# "Parade of the Years" - Judge Magazine Satire This celebratory piece marks Judge magazine's 57th anniversary (since 1881). The text presents a nostalgic survey of American history through Judge's satirical lens, highlighting targets of ridicule: **Historical references include:** Coxey's Army (1894 protest march), the Spanish-American War ("that hill with Teddy"—Rough Riders), WWI, Prohibition, the 1920s (flappers, speakeasies/"speaks"), the stock market crash, and the Great Depression. **1930s New Deal programs** receive particular attention: F.D.R., the C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps), N.R.A. (National Recovery Administration), and the "brain trust" of young college-educated advisors. **Political figures mocked:** Alf Landon (Republican 1936 presidential candidate saying "Phooey"), references to labor unions (A.F.L., C.I.O.), and "General Hughie" (likely General Hugh Johnson, NRA administrator). The satire suggests Judge views these Depression-era interventions with skeptical humor—treating them as fodder for comedic criticism rather than serious policy assessment.
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PARADE OF THE YEARS By Arthur L. Lippmann Since 1881 when JUDGE surveyed the cosmic scene And smiled at its Victorian proprieties, The patterns of the years that have come marching in between Have totalled 57 strange varieties. The cheerful years, the tearful years, the years of rain and sun— Old Dr. JupcE has helped them all with therapeutic fun! He saw the days when ladies’ clothes were quite a different kind With endless petticoats below and rumble seats behind. He marched along The Bowery long before the days of Roxy; He kidded Coxey’s Army and he kidded General Coxey. The bugles blew in 98 and JupGE again was ready B To share the tents of dauntless gents who took that hill with Teddy. He ambled on through changing years of changing points of view. Ile blithely shouted “Get a horse!" and "23 Skidoo!” Anp some years later when our nation fought a foreign war, uf, Above the muskets’ rattle and above the cannons’ roar ay es The steady voice of JuDGE was balm to soothe and heal our scars— if \- And once again gay Harlequin proved mightier than Mars! x. aed Tue war was over “over there” . . . the dove of peace was sighted. The dove was scared (and to this day said dove remains affrighted) ! And then one morning after we had ceased to hear the war step A brat called Prohibition was discovered on our doorstep. That's when the fun began anew, and through the years thereafter Here's the crazy catalogue that JupGe beheld with laughter: Bathtub gin and tabloid sin and flappers guzzling brandy; Racketeers in bootleg beers and old Mahatma Gandhi; Cards for “speaks” and phoney freaks appearing in the headlines; Market crash and short-of-cash aristocrats on breadlines; Democrats in derby hats who promised: “You will get work"; F.D.R.—the greatest star on every local network; “U.S.A. attempts to stay the Copper, Steel and Grain Trust’; Seniors pop from college to positions on the brain trust; C.C.C. and N.R.A. and good old General Hughie; Landon looking longingly and merely saying “Phooey!” A.F.L, and C.1.0. and business vaguely troubled; Budget out of balance and the deficit redoubled; Causes by the hundreds and opponents set to fight ‘em; Hustle-bustle, strain and tussle, on ad infinitum! Goop health to you, old Dr. JuDGE . . . more power to your pen. Continue as the critic of the frailties of men. You mellow sort of fellow with a chipper charm and cheer— You're 57 now . . . and getting younger every year! comicbooks.com