Judge, 1929-06-29 · page 26 of 37
Judge — June 29, 1929 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a futuristic cartoon titled "In Them Happy Days To Come," depicting an optimistic vision of air travel. The illustration shows multiple aircraft and what appears to be an airfield or landing station, with Canadian Mountain Police visible. The humor derives from the joke's caption: someone asks directions to "Crowfoot Lodge," and receives absurdly complicated instructions involving rivers, glaciers, and mountains—directions suited to wilderness travel, not the advanced air transportation depicted in the scene. **The satire:** This mocks the gap between technological promise and practical reality. Despite having aircraft that can supposedly make travel easy and modern, travelers still receive confusing, roundabout directions as if civilization hadn't advanced. It's commentary on either the unreliability of new technology or the persistence of frontier conditions in remote Canada despite modernization. The artist is credited as "Barry Geyer Dare" (or similar).
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
JUDGE In Them Happy Days To Come 2 } ", ) CANADIAN MOUNTAIN | Raany Geewr Deer “How do we get to Crowfoot Lodge?” “Go back to Lake Superior and follow first river to right. Turn left at second fork and follow mountain range until you come to glacier. Keep glacier to your right until you come to bay. Cross bay and keep on until you meet hills that run parallel to seashore. Turn left at mill and it will be the third hotel on the right.” comicbooks.com