Judge, 1918-02-02 · page 25 of 36
Judge — February 2, 1918 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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This page celebrates Tony Sarg's marionette theater productions, a popular Broadway attraction of the early 20th century. The images showcase scenes from his puppet shows, including: 1. **A Grimm fairy tale adaptation** where a woman wastes a magical wish on sausages; her angry husband then wishes them onto her nose—a physical comedy gag. 2. **Oriental-themed scene** with musicians charming a snake, demonstrating the detailed artistry of the marionettes. 3. **Character sketches** including a slave child and donkey showing sympathy, and a "goaty guardian" refusing mercy to a boy, with a joke about Hoover-era food scarcity. The satire is gentle: Judge celebrates Sarg's technical skill and imaginative productions as a refreshing theatrical novelty for sophisticated New York audiences tired of conventional entertainment. The humor derives from the marionettes' expressive performances and absurdist scenarios rather than sharp social critique.
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Broadw Scene from a dramatized Grimm fairy tale. Having three magic wishes at her disposal, this old tooman rashly expresses a desire for sausages Tony Sarg’s Marionettes, A joy to the jaded theatergoer An impression by Julia Daniels, one of Juncr’s artists, of the marionettes in an Oriental scene. The swarthy musicians are charming the serpent out of its basket so that it may tortwously steal for them the sacred jecel The coveted links appear. Her husband, enraged at such waste of a wish, wishes that they may grow upon her nose. Which startling thing immediately happens. Greta is pleading with her gouty guardian not to be too hard on her litsle brother. But the old manis inflexible. With scarce a wab- ble of hesitancy, he insists that the boy, The blackamoor and the beast. There is true sympathy and understanding between despite all lates of Hoover and the human this litile slave and this donkey—due, no doubt, to the fact that they are stuffed with the tummy, shall never stop eating till ke has same material. Both belong to a rick and cruel merchant (who is no other than the groton big enough to fit a certain Green Suit, villain of the play,) a terrifying personage nearly thirty inches tall. which is now seven sizes too large for him. comicbooks.com