Judge, 1917-11-03 · page 15 of 28
Judge — November 3, 1917 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents humorous dialogue excerpts from Broadway plays of the era (likely 1910s-1920s). The four scenes illustrate comedic moments: 1. **Top left**: A man jokes about naming his wife "Lallie Joy"—combining a book title with "Joy Line" (a steamship company), a pun on her arbitrary naming. 2. **Top right**: A character explains a daughter's unusual name origins through circumstance rather than intention. 3. **Bottom left**: A tailor's assistant cross-dresses to masquerade as a gentleman, creating confusion when discovered by a coworker—a common theatrical farce device. 4. **Bottom right**: A scientist advocates "eugenic standards" for selective breeding—promoting the then-fashionable pseudoscience of eugenics as a comedic concept, with family members shocked by his proposal to arrange parenthood. The page showcases popular theatrical humor of the day, mixing wordplay, mistaken identity, and social satire around contemporary trends like eugenic theory.
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