Judge, 1909-10-30 · page 11 of 16
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This page from *Judge* satirizes contemporary Broadway theatrical productions through a mock poem listing current plays with punning titles. The satire works by suggesting these shows' titles literally describe their plots—so "The Great Divide" is about financial gain, "The Man from Home" involves avoiding interrogation, and "The Gay Hussars" abandons frivolity. The accompanying section "The New Drama" mocks pretentious playwrights by inventing absurdly trivial plots for serious-sounding dramas: one features a hero's life destroyed by snapping suspenders; another hinges on a heroine losing her glass eye. The humor targets theatrical pretension and the gap between grandiose titles and mundane actual content. The page also includes typical *Judge* features: household advice, a satirical poem about a woman's cruelty, and period advertisements (Evans' Ale, Philip Morris Cigarettes). The overall tone is lighthearted social commentary on Gilded Age entertainment and domestic life.
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“uage- IDRAMATICS| A PLAYFUL POEM. | WONDER will ‘‘The Great Divide’’ Bring ‘The Dollar Mark"’ to me. Will “The Man from Home" take! pride In avoiding ‘The Third Degree"? ha Will “The Gay Hussars’* forswear y JUDGE’S “The Follies of Nineteen Nine,” WOMEN’S And sadly, from ‘The House Next Door, For the benefit of our women readers in the myriad homes where JuDce is a favorite, | : Paid i * as sign? | ‘ae 1 into an arrangement with the famous editor of The Perfect Ladics’ Companion, Hang “Paid in Full” as sign Hik Hon. Any perfect lady among our readers who has troubles of household or heart | Will ‘Billy’? and ‘The Motor Girl,"* ‘tconhdence to Mr_ Hok, who will at intervals convey through these pages “The Midnight Sons’’ deriding, t, as the case may demand. Break through ‘The Only Law’? and HOUSEHOLD HINTS. | whirl Along Broadway joy-riding? | pag go in advice or cont LEAKY roof which it is inconven- | bills, and other bureau decorations from A ient to repair can be rendered ‘disappearing mysteriously at cleaning | Will “The Gent. from Mississippi”? harmless by placing a large bath | time. If you cannot afford to purchase | , "The Florist Shop super et & wai te . . ae, jp | And will, if he smokes till dippy, sponge directly under the leak, the necessary amount of wire, a strip| "Havana"? be puffed to the ies? ‘This will absorb the moisture and keep| cut from the bottom of an old colander it from leaking through the parlor ceil- will suffice for the purpose almost as Sad, sad was ‘The Ringmaster’s"’ brow! ee, ‘The Climax’ comes,’’ said he; ing, but care must be taken to have it well. “For the matinée idol now squeezed thoroughly after a heavy! A huge cheese set in the middle of| ~ Shall ‘A Broken Idol’ b rain. your linen closet will keep the rats from ic © weeaO: ‘The wise householder will provide her | eating your tablecloths and other napery. THe NEW DRAMA: vacuum cleaner with a net, to be placed | This should be renewed at intervals ac-| _,, 5 . Pan | i, A (" Billy,”* the’ new play produced at Daly's, deals Jat the mouth of the suction pipe, in| cording to the amount of consumption, | in a mirth-provoking fashion with the absurd com. lorder to prevent diamond tiaras, gold say, three fresh cheeses a week to every | Pr tatze tect iano” the hero's lows of his wet | bracelets, stick pins, rolls of five-dollar fifteen yards of linen. 0”: theatrical correspondent has elicited the following interesting facts from our leading drama-! tists: Mr. C— F— has in active prepura- tion a thrilling drama of modern life dealing with the break in the hero’s life caused by the snapping of his sus- penders, Mr. B— will revive the success of his former plays by a society drama, the provisional title of which is ‘*A Blind Fate,"’ the plot of which is indissolubly linked with the heroine’s loss of her glass eye. A tuneful musical comedy, by the authors of ‘Beautiful Spot,"’ sets forth REGULATING ‘THE SPEED. in dainty measure interwoven with de- . a. Mus Bronx we waiting? This licious humor, the adventures of a dare- | ig We bate devil hero who, having lost his locks in| Mr Ha ; but we'll have some hair-raising exploits, contrives to ioe They. timed lose his wig on the eve of his wedding. cs without Mr. S-., on being interviewed, re-| fused to say anything as to his forth-|_ _ coming production, but hinted darkly that the point about which his plot eye « whirled in a dizzy way was the scream-| Phili Mo ingly funny one of the heroine having p ITLS lost the rats in her hair while in bath-| ORIGINAL he we Cigarettes ESKIRHYMES. Nashville Tennesseean, : oil, well frappéc, i: kimaid,—-Washington | relished by the WOMAN, CRUEL WOMAN! Heral has had a birthday p every year since she was | present from each ps iques she must A little blubber, raw or biled, is rel- ished by the Eskichild,—Cleveland Pain Dealer, II of which shows just how hard nd is for the Eskibard,.—Lugidlo | 1 Ay iy traviled to Ps ie ve is certainly true—too tr the life of the music hall fi The Eskibard should Eskidoo, tu While she was there | Scranton Tribune, 4 Je, SRE WAS shocked for ftair— And went to housekeeping imaid has lost her ma, ae * current of electricity. | In the usual way. kichild his Eski * 5a Then, The Eskibard is off his bas They’re a ripping MUSINGS. Oh, women and m And the Eskipittsburgh wins the race! . Wate , Was it the Lion or the Mouse g00d sort of a smoke. ieiaa gee ‘al either an um- Became the Servant in tl THE GOLFER, ETC. a kiss, ican . CAMBRIDGE 256. AMBASSADC The wite whe shu re TAM a and driven, feetlat cag aoc: SMBASSADOR 35c, bepes and pan whe shures her spouse's | “Ml are seored be be ctey bamors his illusions is There deing no lambs at the Pole, it Fat and hearty 'p ; “The Little Brown Box"* jeceetal arket there. That's the fellow. Know him? Bt In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated.