Judge, 1918-04-20 · page 28 of 36
Judge — April 20, 1918 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **theatrical advertising and reviews**, not political satire. It features Broadway theater listings and brief critical descriptions of current New York productions from approximately 1920. The small cartoon at bottom right—captioned "Somebody's Always Taking the Joy Out of Life"—shows a domestic scene where a woman appears to interrupt or scold a man, illustrating a mild marital comedy about spousal nagging. This is generic domestic humor rather than political satire. The theater reviews employ light, witty commentary: for example, *Chu Chin Chow* "leaves even comment but fifty cents on the dollar" (meaning it's so extravagant it exhausts description), and *The Man Who Stayed at Home* features "hot water for cold-footed slackers" (WWI-era jab at draft dodgers). The page's content reflects Judge's typical format: advertisements and entertainment coverage alongside satirical commentary, rather than focused political cartooning. The humor is theatrical and social rather than overtly political.
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For Your ELTINGE “aa” A. H. WOODS PRESENTS BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE with BARNEY BERNARD & ALEXANDER CARR By Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman REPUBLIC A. H. WOODS PRESENTS PARLOR, BEDROOM and BATH with FLORENCE MOORE & JOHN CUMBERLAND WEST 42 ST. 3 Mats.) Wed. and can afford to miss it “CHEER UP!” “en HIPPODROME Seats 6 Weeks Ahead Success Ever Known, Greatest | Staged by RE Burnside COHAN & HARRIS wacd’Wo%ina' SE 358: COHAN & HARRIS Present Funniest American Comedy of Recent Years A TAILOR-MADE MAN Extremely Novel, Clever Play by HARRY JAMES SMITH with GRANT MITCHELL Baiys PLA YHOUSE west a Se: THE LITTLE TEACHER Greatest Comedy-Drama Since ‘‘The Music Master" By Harry James Smith, with MARY RYAN WINTER GARDEN "35, 85" AL JOLSON 1 “SINBAD” BOOTH 45th W. of B'way. at at S30. The STUART SEVENTEE WALKER CO. in Tarkingtoa's 29th nr. Bway. Ev Maxine Elliott’s 3. Wwer" tia EYES OF YOUTH i ASTOR 45th & B'way. stats Wei a det. 25, Clifton Crawford in FANCY FREE CASINO 3%h St. & B'way. Wei Wad aS AN AMERICAN ACE Broadway and Thereabouts An Intimate Reoue of the New York Theatres American Ace, AN—Casino. Deafen- ngly thrilling war melodrama. Aprit—Punch & Judy. Charles Hopkins awakens from his long hibernation and presents a comedy. Business Berore Preasure—Eltinge. The movies merrily maligned. Cueer Up—Hippodrome. Our town circus. Cru Cuin Cuow—Century. An oriental spectacle that beggars description and leaves even comment but fifty cents on the dollar. Coprerueap, Tue—Shubert. Lionel Bar- rymore as the man with a Dark Secret. . Cure ror Curasies, A—39th Cheerful Hodge-podge. Eyes or Youtu—Maxine Elliott. Jane Gray as the heroine who, after care- fully deciding not to be a schoolmarm, nor an opera singer, nor a girl of the streets, surprises everyone by marrying the hero. Fancy Free—Astor. Clifton Crawford comes gallivanting back to town in a new musical show. Fio-Fro—Cort. Peaches cut up. Goinc Up—Liberty. Frank Craven has a hard time living up to his air program. Harriness—Criterion. Our well-known Shakespearian actress continues to find relaxation in this comedy during her lighter moments. Heppa Gaster—Plymouth. Nazimova as the Scandinavian vampire. Her Country—Harris. Kultur at close range. Jack O’Lantern—Globe. Fred Stone kidnaps two children and, incidentally, the audience. Littte =Teacuer, Tue — Playhouse. Small kiddies and a large lumberjack tenderly schoolmarmed by Mary Ryan. Lomparpt, Lrp.—Morosco. A tempera- mental tailleur exhibits the latest modes and a spaghetti accent. Man Wuo Stayep at Home, Tut—Play- house. Hot water for cold-footed slackers. Marionettes—Punch & Judy. (Special performances only.) The men higher up are never exposed. Maytime—Broadhurst. old New York. Mipnicut Frotic—Ne Eves under the eave Orr Cuance, Tue—Empire. Ethel Bar- rymore presides over a polished com- pany at quite a swagger affair. On, Lavy, Lapy!—Princess. ever. On, Loox!—Vanderbilt. Harry Fox as the protagonist of a music-drama. Pair or Petticoats, A—44th Street Roof. A femine trouble-maker proves one skirt too many. home- Street. Young love in » Amsterdam Roof. Spiffiest JUDGE Pan anp THE YouNG SHEPHERD—Greep. wich Village. Spring in idyllic Arcady and long-haired Bohemia. Partor, Beproom anv Batu—Republic, Farce showing that the shadiest places aren’t necessarily the coolest. Potty With a Past—Lyceum. The jeal- ousy game with a reverse English that is largely French. Ratnpow Girt, Tue—New Amsterdam, Wit and pretty music, as a relief from the conventional intimate jazz. SaLome—Comedy. Not the last fellow to lose his head because of a woman. Seven Days’ Leave—Park. Splash! Splash! The lovely heroine, pursued by a German spy-ess, swims out and saves an American fleet. | Seventeen—Booth. Why boys leave home—in their fathers’ dress suits. Sick-a-Bep—Gaiety. Featuring the pa- tient’s winsome bedside companion. Sinpap—Winter Garden. Al Jolson amid female scenery. Squaw Farm, Tue—Bijou. The awful truth about movie studios. The Hat- tons have seldom written a greater moral lesson. Tattor-Mape Max, A—Cohan & Harris. Showing that fine feathers may prove wings to success. Ticer Rose—Lyceum. The hero hides in a grandfather clock while Mr. Belasco, with great presence of mind, turns on the thunder and lightning. Toot! Toot!—Cohan. An almost-mar- ried couple in a Pullman car. Yes or No—Longacre. How wives be have when tempted. Of Chorus! She—This program says that all the men in the chorus “have fulfilled all obligations in re- spect to military service.” How have they done that? He—Apparently by outliving them. Always Taking The Joy Out of Life (With A pologies to Briggs) comicbooks KUM ]