Judge, 1928-12-08 · page 19 of 36
Judge — December 8, 1928 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **three separate satirical cartoons** with no political content: 1. **"On Approval"** (top): S.J. Perelman's humorous short story about two orphan boys engaged in an escalating "prank war" using mail-order approval purchases—sending each other increasingly absurd items (correspondence courses, encyclopedias, bugles, stamps) without paying, forcing the other to refuse delivery. The joke satirizes both mail-order business practices and juvenile mischief. 2. **"Loveliest Twins"** (upper right): A man is complimented on his twins, but the cartoon implies something absurd about the situation—though the specific joke is unclear from the image alone. 3. **"Insurance Policy"** and **"Morning Papers"** (lower section): Two brief gag cartoons about an accident claim adjuster and someone waiting for newspapers, playing on mundane domestic situations for comedic effect. The page is **social satire focused on everyday life and consumer culture**, not political commentary.
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“On Approval” A Delicate Old Tapestry of Dreams Stained With Whimsy By S.J. Perelman The other day, the whilst rifling through some old papers, couched in the mountain stronghold of we mad Carews, I unearthed an old shoe containing a faded miniature of Trader Perelman. In ease any inembers of my pack of trained be romantic figure was, why he was a jes is oblivious of who this short-winded saxophone 4 that migrated to Polynesia count of a shortag country. on ac- f reeds in this On his way he stopped ance, then a penal colon he changed his name Jack Joyce and, I believe, wrote several hooks of two-cent stamps which were never published. Now take up the thread of the story. It seems Trader, or Jack, as I shall call him, had a close friend named Oberholtz or Britten. Both Jack and Britten was eleven years old at the time though you would take them for sisters in- ad of mother and daughter. had both gone to night and was also old Fourth Ward boys, having been confined in that ward since their families turned them over to the state for protection (that is, the protection of the families), And finally, both boys loved practical jokes dearly. One morning k Joyce opened his mail and found a twelve lesson correspondence course in cartooning on five days’ approval. After a little figuring Jack saw the light. He went out and bought several ma and six days later Britten. p: express charges on a mysterious box. Inside was a_ ha thirty-volume sect of Balzac in tired calf, also on approval. The war was now on, A few days afterwards the postman delivered a gold-plated bugle to Joyce on a ten-day trial basis, simultancously with Britten receiving a packet of five thou- sand assorted precanceled stamps. Included was the valuable Guate- mala issue of 1908, and a request from the Horowitz Stamp and Coin Co. to remit. Later the same (Continued on page 26) ndsome JUDGE “Oh, Mr. Luckless, gi you have the liest twins!” eS less poignant? “Pardon me, sir, but as a duty to yourself will you sign this accident insurance policy—quick?” ind why should 1?” “Because you're sitting on the ex-champ's hat,” Craim Acext—Are “T don't know you badly hurt? waiting for the morning papers.” comicbooks.com