Judge, 1910-07-23 · page 3 of 16
Judge — July 23, 1910 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a humorous article titled "Choosing One's Pajamas" offering advice on selecting nightwear colors based on mood and personality. The accompanying illustration by Otto Lang, captioned "The Call of the Deep," depicts a surreal scene: a man at a desk surrounded by oversized fish appearing to emerge from or encircle his workspace. The cartoon likely satirizes the article's somewhat absurd, overwrought tone about pajama selection. The fish imagery creates visual humor through incongruity—mixing mundane domestic concerns (pajamas) with fantastical elements (marine creatures). This appears to be typical of Judge magazine's blend of social commentary and absurdist humor targeting middle-class anxieties about proper etiquette and personal choices.
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JUDGE GOVERN your mood to-morrow, say the wise ones, select the right shade in pajamas to-night. If you have an eruptive disposition, don’t wear creations of a pas- sionate red; they cause greater infuriation. Select adainty baby blue. Your atmosphere will become more serene and you will wel- come the sun in the morning with the joy of achild, But if you are of a very timid, retiring disposition, you will do well to choose a fiery red, for throughout the night you will imbibe courageous vibrations from the fiber of your pajamas. hy y Z Choosing One’s Pajamas. Green does not seem to meet with favor, save with very robust individuals, more deli- cate persons declaring that it develops in- somnia, On the other hand, for a genuine and lasting mental stimulant no pajamas are so effectual as violet or purple. These col- ors renovate and recharge the intellectual atmosphere, enabling one to do prodigious feats of reasoning. Yellow often causes ill- ness, and white is soothing to the tired nerves. For a gentle state of melancholy, however, a shade of gray in which blue is evident is said to be most satisfying. This THE CALL OF THE DEEP. a ih Ug i) shade is recommended to all who are overs stimulated or who have indulged themselves in any way. When one has learned the vital, philo- sophic results attendant upon the selection and purchase of pajamas, the idea of dele- gating this important duty to one’s valet or ordering by telephone becomes out of the question. Every gentleman must choose his own pajamas. LOT of lighter-than-air stuff is being written about heavier-than-air craft. My Hy comicbooks.com