Judge, 1917-12-08 · page 17 of 28
Judge — December 8, 1917 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page showcases humorous dialogue excerpts from Broadway productions of the era (likely 1910s-1920s). The content satirizes theatrical conventions and contemporary social types: **"The Pipes of Pan"**: Mocks amateur theatrics—a street woman ("Esther from Second Avenue") awkwardly coached to play a woodland nymph, unconvincingly attempting a "listening" pose. **"Chu Chin Chow"**: Parodies orientalist fantasy and male delusion. An Arab character celebrates newfound treasure while his companion fixates on materialism ("counting her golden pieces"), highlighting shallow greed masquerading as romance. **"De Luxe Annie"**: Satirizes female con artists ("vampires") exploiting rural marks. An insurance agent succumbs to Annie's seduction, humorously suggesting male gullibility. **"What's Your Husband Doing?"**: Absurdist comedy about suspicious wives intercepting a perfumed letter. The punchline—a scam letter from a woman claiming her son was hit by a car, requesting money and promising to "hit him on the back with a hammer"—mocks both marital paranoia and transparent fraud schemes.
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‘UM Pressed. into service as a nymph, "Esther (habitat: Second’ Avenue) — requires coaching “in sytvan deport- ment “Now see if you can get the pose. You know —listening! Yi listening at Pipes of Pan! “Do I look pleased when T hear this nut pipin’ to me? Epitn Kine and Norman TREVOR iv “The Pipes of Pan.” ba] Ali Baba. after years of ‘chronic impecunious. ness, suddenly comes upon the treasure of the Forty Thieves. He is here celebrating his luck withabuxomlady friend. “Oh, Alcolom, thou precious one, thou who swayest with an elephantine roll!” “Oh, fish is counting her golden pi y “Those golden pieces with which thou shalt purchase me into thy harem?” —Henry Dixey and Kate Cox- pox in * Chu Chin Chow.” De Luxe Annie exerts her book-agent wiles im the rural districts; with the result that old Cyrus Munroe not only “signs om the dotited line” but soon gets in much deeper Mt as evidently his frst ex- perience with a vampire ingenue. “You dear old man, I do believe you're try- ing to flirt with me! “Looks just a little mite like it, don’t it?” —Jaxe Grey and Percy Poutock in a “De Luxe Annie.” “We know this perfumed letter to our husbands is from some woman. Read it. “Let us prayerfully open it. (Reads) ‘Dear Sir: My boy was struck by an auto- a mobile, number 600,721. If the owner is rich, sue him quick. My son is not bruised. If your reply is favorable I will hit him on the back with a hammer. Yours truly, John Doax. —Vincixts Hasson, Hare Hasuttos, Cuartorte Ives and Jep Provty in “What's Your Husband Doing?”