Judge, 1929-03-30 · page 17 of 36
Judge — March 30, 1929 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces from *Judge* magazine: 1. **"The Light-Verse Writer Orders Coal"**: A humorous letter mocking verbose, overly-elaborate correspondence. A customer writes an absurdly long, pedantic letter to a coal dealer that could be summarized in one sentence. The satire targets pretentious writing styles and bureaucratic pomposity. 2. **"The Tree Song"**: A brief dialogue playing on the double meaning of "Sirius"—the Dog Star (astronomy) versus the name "Sirius" (sounding like "serious"). She misinterprets his celestial reference as a pun. 3. **Top cartoon**: Depicts a man being violently knocked backward indoors, captioned "Now, wait dear; give me a chance to explain"—likely satirizing domestic disputes or marital arguments. 4. **Bottom cartoon**: Shows a man struggling with an elaborate "periscopic umbrella stem" in wind and rain—mocking overly-complicated or impractical inventions, a recurring *Judge* theme. The magazine primarily targets pretension, incompetence, and absurd modern inventions.
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The Light-Verse Writer Orders Coal By Cianies Docnnevou Messrs. Hopkinson & Rice, Dealers, Coal & Wood & Lee, 1457 Main, (Midway Boulevard & Wayne), City. Sirs: Thereby write that I'm in need of anthracite for service ino my + but this time I'm inclined to change to coal that's Kitchen ra taller by one size; in fact, the Kind my brother buys. ‘That last lot. Pin impelled to state, was more than half composed of slate. In case your man finds no one in, please have him call on Mrs. Finn, who lives at No. 33, and she'll give him my cellar key. Put down in’ second window right); his labor he will expedite with proper length of telescope. And one thing more: [surely hope your man is competent and neat; who'll spare no pains to keep hiy feet from shrubbery and pinks and pe him when sendin I find [ have not mentioned yet the quantity I want te get: one JUDGE thousand pounds. as heretofore, The Tree Song will last us seven months or more, “ . don’t know this year's price. I Oh, let's maple leaf you love bil, me" uo now but times are Vd pay 4 slack. | I Sincerely yours. A. Hyex. He (pointing)—And that’s the Dog- Star. She—Oh, are you Sirius? we The periscopic umbrella stem for windy, rainy days. comicbooks.com