Judge, 1918-04-06 · page 28 of 36
Judge — April 6, 1918 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **theater advertisements and reviews page** from Judge magazine, not a political cartoon. The left side features Broadway theater advertisements; the right contains brief reviews of current New York theatrical productions. The content reflects **World War I-era entertainment**. References include a "slacker" character (*The Man Who Stayed at Home*), a "war comedy" (*A Pair of Petticoats*), and mentions of Greenwich Village bohemianism. Notable are reviews of popular productions: Al Jolson in *Sinbad*, Ethel Barrymore in *Off Chance*, and the Bolton-Wodehouse-Kern musical *Oh, Lady, Lady!* The reviews use light, witty commentary typical of Judge's satirical tone—mocking plot absurdities (e.g., vampires safer "on screen than in your wife's suspicions"). This page documents **early 20th-century American theater tastes**: musicals, comedies, and dramas dominated Broadway during the WWI period. No significant political satire appears here—it's entertainment coverage aimed at Judge's urbane readership.
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Amusement Tine eee ELTINGE “sass A. H. WOODS PRESENTS BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE with BARNEY BERNARD & ALEXANDER CARR By Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman WEST 42 ST. NIGHTS 8:30. REPUBLIC sic? Wena Seite 330 A. H. WOODS PRESENTS PARLOR, BEDROOM and BATH with FLORENCE MOORE & JOHN CUMBERLAND e can afford to miss it ‘all can afford to go” DILLINGHAM matings, HIPPODROME Seats 6 Weeks Ahead Greatest Success Ever Known, W. 42nd St. Eva 8:20, COHAN & HARRIS siitWea'ina'Sst 238 COHAN & HARRIS Present Funniest American Comedy of Recent Years A TAILOR-MADE MAN Extremely Novel, als Cleves t Pla: reg by, by meer JAMES SMITH naays PLA YHOUSE Wiss Wea. “soa'Sit THE LITTLE TEACHER Greatest Comedy-Drama Since ‘The Music Master" By Harry James Smith, with MARY RYAN Mats. Tues, WINTER GARDE) Thre, Rat. 2 AL JOLSON 1 “SINBAD” Evg. 8. 44th ST. THEA..W. of B'way. Evs. 8. Mats.Wed. & Sat. 2. , MAYTIME Cvimimane” Charles Purcell, Peggy Woo4, William Norris BOOTH 45th W. of B'way. i. 228 af. ES SEVENTEEN WALKER CO, nn’ Maxine Elliott’s (i. we"tia Bat 3:33: EYES OF YOUTH i Broadway and Thereabouts An Intimate Reoue of the New York Theatres Business Berore PLeasure—Eltinge. Abe and Mawruss as film producers, find that a vampire is safer on the wife’s screen than in your suspi- cions. Cueer Up—Hippodrome. Stupendous stunts. Cau Cun Cuow—Century. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves make a spectacle of themselves. Coprerneap, Tue—Shubert. The most- hated hero, powerfully portrayed by Lionel Barrymore. Cure ror Curasies, A—39th Street. William Hodge turns a bunch of rest- cure cranks into hardy gardeners. Eyes or Youtu—Maxine Elliott. “What future will you choose?” asks the crystal-gazing Yogi of the heroine. “What futures have you got?” she retorts. And he shows her. Fio-Fro—Cort. The alleged lure of lingerie. Fottow tHe Girt—Broadhurst. Walter Catlett leads the pursuit with gusto. w or Youtu, Tue—Henry Miller. *s way of celebrating the opening of his new theatre. Goixe Up—Liberty. Lively aviation farce sionally by catchy tunes. A. Prescription Manners, written by and filled by L: surette Payle lor. Her Country—Punch & Judy. life of the Huns. Jack O’ Lantern—Globe. Inimitable proves that Stone age of drama. Littte Teacner, Tue — Playhouse. Mary Ryan foils a gipsy and fascinates a lumberjack. Lomparot, Ltp.—Morosco. Modes and morals. Man Wuo Stayep at Home, Tue—g48th Street. The evolution of a slacker. Marionettes—Punch & Judy. (Special performance only.) Tony Sarg’s clever dolls show what can be accomplished by pull. Master, Tue—/Mudson. Arnold Daly as a superman with a slippery wife. Maytime—ggth Street. Musical comedy, with charm in place of the usual noise and horseplay. Mrs. Warr Proression—Comedy. The Washington Square Players have induced the lady to prolong her stay. Mipnicut Frotic—New Amsterdam Roof. Gorgeous g in a gilded garret. Orr Cuance, Tue—Empire. Well- groomed horsy comedy in which Ethel Barrymore breaks in a wild young son- in-law. Ou, Lavy, Lapy!—Princess. The Bolton- Wodcehouse-Kern authorship team re- tain the musical comedy championship, defeating all comers. Home Fred this is the the JUDG! On, Loox!—Vanderbilt. Harry Fox gay with a roll of thousand-dollar bills, Pair or Petticoats, A—g4th Strea Roof. Witty war comedy that is light as air and almost as refreshing. Pan anv THE Younc SuernerD—Green. wich Village. Pastoral spring fervor, Partor, Beproom ano Batu—Republic. ky goings-on in a road house. Potty witn a Past—Lyceum. friskiness for plot purposes. Rainpow Girt, Tue—New Amsterdam. Yet another melody melange. Sev n Days’ Leave—Park. War thrills, and as probable as though | they had just been dramatized from the N.Y. Evening Telegram. | Booth. French SEVENTE ward age. Sick-a-Bep—Gatety. This patient has a‘ beautious nursic, but what he really needs is a chaperon. Sixpap—Winter Garden. Al Jolson as sumes irresponsibility for many damsels. Seuas Farm, Tue—Bijou. Amery muck-rake of the movies. Tattor-Mape Max, A—Cohan © Harris, A dress suit as the open sesame to suc cess and Society. Ticer Ro: Lyceum. A fascinating | Canuck hides her lover from the forest cop. Toot! Toot!—Cohan. a Pullman car. Wuy Marry—Astor. Three-act ques tionaire for marriage ser Witp Duck, THe—Plymouth. Ibsen ina brilliant and almost-human mood. Yes or No—Longacre. Two plays at once, or, a stage divided against itself. | Romeo at the awk Greek dancers in A Timely Revision By Corinne Rockwett Swain ND it’s will you dine with me, my lads? And it’s will you dine with me? It is a peck of pommes de terre | I offer unto ye; All steaming from the kettle, lads, And flanked with gems of corn; We'll save the meat and wheat, my lads, ; gh the foe to scorn! lads, nor wa Your song on thriftl In war-time lays we'll sing the praise Of brown October spuds! No Real Necessity i I< spite of the talk that’s going ‘round, I don’t see no pertickler need for better roads yurabouts,” said Mr. Gap | Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge, Ark. “Us old-timers are plumb used to ’em as they are, and don’t keer one way or the other. When a newcomer from the North, who has bought land expecting to make his everlasting fortune, manages to sell out, as he leaves he cusses the roads, anyhow,” b’cuz he can’t get away no faster. And when we tar-and-feather some feller and set him to running he never pays no at- tention to the roads a-tall, Belag as he hits only the high spots as he goes, and them tollable—yaw-w-w-wn !—infrequent.” comicbooks.com cla ica for for the