Judge, 1918-06-01 · page 28 of 36
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This page is primarily **theatrical advertising and reviews** from Judge magazine (dated June 1, 1918). The small cartoon in the upper left corner titled "For Your Amusement" appears to show silhouetted figures in an intimate moment—likely a visual gag about theater-going or romance, though details are unclear from the image quality. The bulk of the page comprises Broadway theater listings and brief critical reviews by "L.M." These mock various 1918 productions with witty one-liners. For example, *Flo-Flo* is criticized for having "flimsy lingerie as a substitute for the usual flimsy plot," and *The Kiss Burglar* is noted for "some really funny scenes, and alas, some excruciating mush about white violets." The satirical humor relies on theater-goers' familiarity with these productions and performers (Ethel Barrymore, Al Jolson, Marie Cahill). The reviews mock predictable plots, overwrought sentimentality, and tired theatrical conventions—standard satirical fare for a humor magazine targeting educated urban audiences during WWI-era Broadway's heyday.
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For Your |} | | peeseoaces a ELTINGE A. H. WOODS PRESENTS BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE with BARNEY BERNARD & ALEXANDER CARR By Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman REPUBLIC iis? Wao SSO 380: A. H, WOODS PRESENTS PARLOR, BEDROOM and BATH with FLORENCE MOORE & JOHN CUMBERLAND COHAN & HARRIS Wac?iiia'ina Sit 323: COHAN & HARRIS Present Funniest American Comedy of Recent Years A TAILOR-MADE MAN Extremely Novel. Clever Play by HARRY JAMES SMITH ith GRANT MITCHELL W. fod St tivgal Wedi iSSturday st 2 WINTER GARDEN "iin. AL JOLSON 1% “SINBAD”) BOOTH 45th W. of Bway. ti. 22% aM Wed. & Sat at 2 The STUART Mak SEVENTEEN Maxine Elliott’s {i wt" Mia Ex EYES OF YOUTH itis: ASTOR tie qasaes Smart | tees ROCK -A-BYE BABY | COMEDY Broadway and joth Street. Evenings 8:15 CASINO $faaiee wuss Ere ig Clifton Crawford in FANCY FREE The Milk Maid's Garden By Cuartes Le Roy Epsox RY DADE was a dairymaid, Who dug her a garden with a spade; And it was a dairy garden, too; For here are the things that her garden grew: Mata. Tucs. A bull rush border hedged it round, ‘The cow pea thrived in the fertile ground, The milk weed flourished in between, And last in the plot was the butter bean. | Broadway and Thereabouts An Intimate Reoue of the New York Theatres By L. M. See sever re Betinpa—Empire. Effervescence of a Punch editor daintily served by Ethel Barrymore. Bic Sce Tue; Ite; THe Mat or France—Greenwich Village. Salt-sea tragedy sandwiched in between crisp comedies. Business Berore PiLeasureE—Eltinge. A long laugh and a merry one. Coprerneap, THe—Shubert. Were it not for the last act Milt’s patriotic sacrifice would go unhonored, and Lionel Barrymore would be propor- tionately less famous. E FOR CURABLE oth Street. Dr. William Hodge prescribes garden exer- cise for that tired feeling. Eyes or Youtu—Maxine Elliott. A mystic Hindoo juggles Marjorie Ram- beau’s future for her. Fancy Free—Casino. lessl Fio-FLo—Cort. Musical show with flimsy lingerie as a substitute for the usual flimsy plot Goinc Urp—Liberty. A shy groundling becomes an amorous aviator. Jack O° Lantern—Globe. Fred Stone continues on the crest of the wave. Jusr Arounp THE Corner—Gaiety. Marie Cahill’s latest. kK Burciar, Tue—Cohan. Lots of clever music, some really funny scenes, and alas, some excruciating mush about white violets. Littte Teacuer, Tue — Playhouse. Mary Ryan upsets conventions in a Vermont hollow. Lomparpt, Ltp.—Morosco. Tito creat gowns for the ladies, and the ladies create trouble for Tito. Man Wuo Stayep at Home, Tue—g8th Street. Instead of bothering to cross the Channel he bags Boches right in England. Marriace or Conventence, A—Henry Miller. Exquisitely ornamented piece, period of Louis Tiffany. Maytime—Broadhurst. Charles Purcell and Peggy Wood make love to each other, first as themselves and then as their descendants. Mipnicut Frotic—New Amsterdam Roof. Where the Welsh rarebit and the dream-vision may be enjoyed at the same time. Mipnicut Revue—Century Grove. Sump- tuous scrumptiousness. Nancy Lee—Hudson. A frisks with the bow-wows. Ou, Lavy, Lapy!—Princess. ever. Ou, Loox!—Vanderbilt. Harry Fox and some nifty geese. Pair or Petticoats, A—Bijou. A fair trouble-maker is wittily bulldozed. Kills time pain- lorn widow Smartest Partor, Bevroom aNp Batu—Re public, Ht discussion of the road-housing prob- lem. Potty Witn a Past—Belasco. As a special favor she “ruins” a young man’s life. Ratnpow Girt, Tue—New Amsterdam. Urban color; Hirsch melody; Wolf wit; and Billy Van exuberance. Rock-a-Bye Basy—Astor. “Baby Mine” become suddenly musical. Seven Days’ Leave—Park. Spy melo drama featuring a submarine chaser | in a one-piece bathing suit. SeventEEN—Booth. Willie Baxter's first affair. Costume by Mr. Baxter, re. Stxpap—W inter Garden. Al Jolson, trou- badour and connoisseur of beauty. Tattor-Mave Man, A—Cohan & Harris. Summoning all his nerve, Bart shinnies up the social ladder seven rungs at a ume. Ticer Rose—Lyceum. A French-Cana- dian lass and her lover defy the law in the wilds, but obey Mr. Belasco im- plicitly. The Romance of Investment By A. L. Sausox P#YLLIs puta valuation On each kiss she gave to me; | Every kiss must help the nation Through the Loan of Liberty. Thus she meant it for a testing Of the zeal with which I burn— Every kiss a safe investing With a prompt and sweet return. udge The mission of this publication is to preack the gospel of cheerfulness Copyright, 1918, by LeslieJudge Company, Entered at the Post-office at New York ax second-class mail matter. Cable address “Judgark,” Telephone 6632 Madison Square. Published weekly by LeslieJudge Company, Brunswick Building, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York. A. 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