Judge, 1917-12-15 · page 24 of 28
Judge — December 15, 1917 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, interspersed with theater listings. The main content includes ads for consumer products and services marketed to American householders during World War I (the Red Cross subscription appeal and references to "doing their bit" suggest wartime). The notable advertisement is **Pheona Evans Ale**—prominently positioned and labeled "Non-Intoxicating." This is ironic: Evans is marketing a beverage as a patriotic "ally" for housekeepers during wartime, yet emphasizing it requires no government license. This likely references Prohibition debates of the era, when alcohol regulation was contentious. The ad attempts to position non-alcoholic ale as both respectable and aligned with wartime austerity. The **Red Cross appeal** and **tuberculosis prevention advertisement** reflect genuine WWI-era public health concerns and charitable fundraising. The theater section provides straightforward New York playhouse listings with no satirical content visible.
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J ALL KINDS OF PAPER MADE TO ORDER WANTED—AN IDEA! WHO CAN THINK OF SOME simple thing to patent? Protect your ideas, they may bring wealth. Write for “Needed Inventions” and “How to t Your Patent and Your Money.” Randolph & Co., Patent Attorneys, Dept. 129, Washington, D. C. In New York Theatres Art and Op portunity.— Knickerbocker. slender comedy by Harold Chapi Behind a Watieau Picture: Efficiency: The Festival of Bacchus —Greenwich Village Theater. Three short but interesting plays presented in excellent taste. A pilgrimage to this out-of-the-way theater is amply rewarded. Blind Youth—Republic. Lou Tellegen in a new play which he has thoughtfully written and produced himself. Business Before Pleasure—Eltinge. Highly laughable adve tures of Potash and Perlmutter in filmdom. Cheer Up—Hippodrome. Mammoth vaudeville and spectacle. Chu Chin Chow—Manhattan. Remarkable Onental specta- cle with music, Country Cousin, The Gaiety. Wellacted comedy extolling the virtue of the Middle West in contrast to the villainy of New York, and demonstrating that young millionaire cads need a military dressing-down. . Critic's Comedy, The; Neighbors: The Girt in the Coffin: Yum Chatab—Comedy. Washington Square Players in three short plays and a pantomine. Deing Our Bit—Winter Garden. is not for babes. Eyes of Youth—Maxine Elliott. the future seen by a young woma Flo-Flo—Cort. New musical comedy by Mme. and Silvio Hein. s French Repertory—Théatre du Vieux Colombier. Copeau’s brilliant company of players. Gay Ford Quer. The—gith St. John Drew and Margaret {itington in revival of Pinero’s most successful comedy. Grass Widew, The—Liberty. and Rennold Wolf, with music by Louis A. Hirsch. Her Regiment—Broadhurst. Donald Brian in tuneful operetta by William Le Baron and Victor Herbert. Jack O'Lantern—Globe. Pred Stone in a new musical com- edy that bids fair to equal "Chin Chin. King, The—Geo. M. Cohan, Leo Ditnichstein in spicy comedy from the French. Land of Joy, The—Park. Melodious and gaily-colored mediey that comes to Broadway as a real novelty senoritas and gay toreadors in picturesque dances Leave it to Jane—Longacre. “The College Widow” formed into a first-class musical show. L’Elesation—Playhouse. Grace George in a war play which created a sensation in Paris. Lombards, Lid—Moro.co. Lively character comedy about a temperamental designer of gowns. Losing Eloise—Harris. Rollicking farce about a husband who obligingly, even maddeningly, helps his wife elope with another mai Madame Sand—Criterion. by Lice A Moeller. Masquerader, The—Booth. Guy Bates Post in effective dramatization of popular novel. Meytime—Shubert.. Exceptionally charming and well-acted play with music. Miss 1917—Centui blessed with novelty. Odds and Ends of 1917—Bijou.. The latest “intimate revue.” as smart as any. with Jack Norworth officiating and many fair damsels dancing attendance. Oh, Boy!—Casino. Crisp musical comedy from last season still running on and on. Over the Top—sath Street Roof. New musical review. Pipes of Pan, The—Hudson. Janet Beecher and Norman ‘revor in a comedy of rare charm. Polly with a Past—Belasco. Agreeably presented society comedy with Ina Claire as star. Riviera Girl, The—New Amsterdam. Gorgeous color, real pretty music, and clever dialogue and lyrics, Sixth Months’ Option—Princess. New comedy by Ancella Anslee. Tatlor-Made Man, A—Cohan & Harris. Clever comedy about an aspiring tailor’s assistant who usurped a dress 5 and in it conquered Society. Three Bears, The—Empire. Showing what happened when Little Goldilocks invaded the bungalow of three woman- haters. Tiger Rose—Lyceum. Northwest. Very Idea, The—Astor. Amusing tr: What's Your Husband Doing!—3oth 'S George Hobart. THE ABSENT GIFT ITTLE JAMES has a drum, A train of cars And a big red top. He has a hundred other toys— Yet he lies screaming In the middle of the room Breaking up his presents With mad snarls Like a little wildcat. His doting parents sit near by Greatly concerned; They do not scem to realize That they have given him everything Save that which he really nee A good spanking!—William Sanford. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER “Its Purity Has Made It Famous” Eleanor Painter in Sumptuous vaudeville that Melodramatic glimpses of in the crystal of a You. De Grassac Jacques ‘ew farce by Channing Pollock Spanish Sinuous trans- Mrs. Piske in scintillating comedy Dazzling super-vaudeville that is Thrilling melodrama of the Great ity of eugenics. Hilarious farce by W, 42nd St. Eveni jatinees Wednesday ate ELTINGE “i523; A. H. WOODS PRESENTS Business Before Pleasure with BARNEY BERNARD & ALEXANDER CARR By Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman West g2nd St., Eves. REPUBLIC Wai iia Sakus A. H. WOODS PRESENTS “ON WITH THE DANCE’ A New American drama by MICHAEL MORTON Help the sick soldiers Thousands may break down with Tubercu- losis in our Army and others have been refused admission to the Army because of tuberculosis. War akways increases Tuberculosis. Red Cross Christmas Scals are sold in your com- munity to protect you and your family from Tuberculosis and to provide proper care for your soldier boys who break down with this disease. You must buy three times as many this year. Put Red Cross Seals on all your holiday mail and pack- ages. Buy a lot and resell some to your friends who might otherwise neglect it Buy RED CROSS Xmas Seals today! VIA AAIN AddVH Aedetalstataint ghuted be’ hatchet! shobcd skal cf feiabsbcintel strech: comicbooks sun]