Judge — December 1938 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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THE Judge ESTABLISHED 1881 THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE OF HUMOR, POLITICS AND SATIRE Harry Newman, Editor and Publisher Robert T. Gebler, Executive Editor Harry Louis Selden, Managing Editor George Goodlad Vogt, Art Director Associate Editors Dorothy Hoffman Oliver Jensen S. H. Walker — . Glenn W. Whiteman, Business Manager Berry Rockwell, Director of Advertising Editorial Offices: 18 East 48th Street, New York Contents tor December Court Colendor ar) Oyer, Oyer, Over 7 Fro-Gib—Robert $. Holzman. 9 \ The Senotor-ct-Lorge 0 The High Hot Award . 2 The Judge On the Bench—Horry Newman B drawings by Crobod—Kathorine A, Park. 4 Orson Lowell Victor Herman The Record Librory 13 Jack Morley P. Nesbit Around ond About—Judge, J. 16 E Fotter The Low of Libel—Robort D. Abrohoms 7 R. A. Hershberger William Auerbach-Levy The Stock Morket—Pau! Kelley. 18 William Willioms ‘Alex Young The Poindexter Cose—Robert Bonish 2 Williom Trent The Theotre. 2 Alon Wo Glenn Boll The Movies—Robert Terral 2 Jock Davis papa ote The Crossword Punsles 24, 25 Will Johnson Crory Golf—Alec Duncan Pa] E.G. Margo Poul Sharp Bolmy Bridge—George Coffin Fi Aldo Rolfe Are You Sure? un 30 In Witness Whereof, 32 Cover by Bo Brown Contributors are rem publication must be led that material submitted for companied by return postage or, ply, stamped, self-addressed envelope. Otherwise dlitors cannot assume responsibility for the return of such materia This is the Jirst Issue of The JUDGE in the NEW, Large Page Size—and coming to you a good four weeks earlier It had long seemed desirable, for many and good reasons, to push forward the publi- cation date of The JUDGE, But how to Jo that without having one issue crowding pon the heels of another? ine,” responded the Managing Editor, hat will put us weeks earlier on the stands a “While we are at it,” inter rupted Judge Jr. “let’s give ‘the faithful’ a bonus .”... we'll go to the large page size— Judge Jr., came to the rescue, as usual. id he, “Simple enough. We'll combine the November-December and extend all subscriptions to take care of the co - tion of the two months. “Even better,” chirped the Art Staff, “now, we can really hit new highs—" And that, good people. is how great move: ments are born. So, from now on, The JUDGE in the New, Large size... a full month earlier every month and no advance in price 2 § iE pT 1—Christopher Sholes invents the typewriter, 1867. 2—Battle of Austerlitz, 1805. Christopher Sholes gets his hands covered with ink changing type- writer ribbon, 1867. James Monroe discovers the Monroe Doctrine, one of the greatest coincidences in his- $—Illinois admitted to Union, 1818. First cases of pre-Christmas politeness among elevator men and apartment house telephone oper: ators noticed, 1938, 4—Battle of Feeply Falls, Mas- sachusetts, two local patriots _r ceiving shoulder abrasions, 17 Feeply Falls Chamber of Commerce still trying to get it mentioned in history books, 1938, 5—Martin Van Buren born, Female lawyer breaks into paper without being referred to as Portia, 1905. Christopher Sholes calls in man to change typewriter ribbon, 1867. 6—Delaware, with consent of Du_ Ponts, ratifies Constitution, 1787. Chinese labor exclusion act passed, China takes it coolie, 1894, Sex abolished by law in Kansas and Massachusetts, 1939. 7—Society leader commits sui- cide on learning that she has been serving other cigarets than those used by Mrs. Killaen Van Saddle- straddle of New York, 1938. 8—President Jefferson sends first message to"Congress: no men- tion of dinner at $100 a plate, 1801, 9—Ronald Feep, Wablet Plee- vey and Jasper Footly all light ciga rets from same match and are im- mediately struck dead by lightning, 1926. Christopher Sholes sells the typewriter, 1890. 10—Spanish-American War called on ac- count of Dewey, 1898. Mississippi admitted to Un- ion after promis ing to refrain from originating any more levee & “river music, 1817. 11-L. R. Windham, Danville, Va., nerves jangled by Camels, throat racked by coughs from Old Golds and completely unsatisfied by Chesterfields, narrowly escapes deportation on complaint of Am ican Advertising Association, 1938. 12—First_ National Republican Convention, nothing viewed with alarm. 13—Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862. Mean temperature grows meaner, 1938. —George Washington dies, 1799. Alabama admitted into Un- ion; stars start falling, 1819, 15—Battle of Nashville, Marriage of “A Woman Voter” to “Constant Reader” is blessed with child: “Pro Bono Public,” 1903. 16—Boston Tea Party; no Eng. lish accents discernible, 1773. 1864. 4A The Almanac or December Originated by Mare Connelly and George S. Kaufman xxxi days 17-Eighteenth Amendment passed, 1917. Eighteenth Amend: ment passed up, 1918-1934. 18—Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, passed; nothing done about stiff shirts, 1865, 19—First vacant lot set aside next to skyscraper for measuring transatlantic liners, 1908. 20-Harvard University be comes indifferent, 1904. 21—Cambridge, Mass., founded, 1630. William Lyon Phelps pro: tests, 1631. 22—Pilgrims land at Plymouth, representative of Social’ Register ticking off the names, 1620. 23—Giuseppe Tutti, father of born, 1832. on unusually jolite small children de- cide that they can hold out another day, 1938, 25-CHRISTMAS DAY; PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD ‘OWARD MEN, except in China, Ethiopia, Czechoslo- . Palestine, Russia, Germany and points East, 26—Ground broken for first transcontinental railway; Pathe News scooped, 1863. 27-German historians an- nounce discovery that Nativity took place in Karlsruhe, Germany, 1939. 28—Woodrow Wilson _ born, 1856. Government takes control of railroads; fails to figure out secret coded cross reference system on timetables, 1917. Thousands of homes gladdened by return of rela tives—to their own homes, 1938. 29—Texas admitted to Union, 1845. Single anecdote breaks smok- ing car record by containing three travelling salesmen, two Irishmen, four Englishmen, six Scotchmen, cight Jews and a Swede, 1938 30—George III succeeds to Eng: lish ‘Throne: Big Bill Thompson demands recount, 1760, 31—Assault on Quebec, 1775. Thirsty Americans resume attack, feed 1919-1934. And so yet another twelvemonth marches into the musky murk of History's cedar chest—Ring out, Wild Bells! (Revised and brought up to date by the Editors of THE JUDGE) THE JUDGE FOR DECEMBER comicbooks.com