Judge, 1918-06-22 · page 32 of 36
Judge — June 22, 1918 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **title/contents page** for *Film Fun*, a monthly cinema magazine supplement. The main content is advertising and promotional material, not political satire. The page announces *Film Fun*'s July 1918 issue (10 cents, or $1/year), featuring articles and photos of silent film stars including Lila Lee, Alice Brady, and Constance Talmadge. It lists upcoming content about actors' lives and film reviews. The right column contains "Trinklets"—brief humorous observations on contemporary life by Treve Cortins Jr. These touch on WWI-era concerns: crowded streetcars, war gardens, income taxes, and a reference to Russian mail delivery delays (likely alluding to post-Revolution chaos). The jokes are mild social commentary typical of the era's light humor magazines, with no specific political targets visible. The page reflects 1918 American popular culture during the final year of World War I.
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FILM FUN, JULY, 1918 “A Monthly Reel of Laughs’’ « NOW ON SALE ECOME better acquainted with the heroes and ‘heroines of B the screen, meet them in Film Fun. Incidentally you will also get a generous share of good, hearty laughter along with a lot of striking pictures of the big plays soon to be released. 10 Cents a Copy at all the newsstands This issue contains the following features: COMMENTS OF A FREE LANCE: Following the Footprints of Father Time The Flood of Prosperity Knows no Ebb-tide Here Like Real Fairy-Tales Come True Grand Opera Fame Blazes the Trail to Screen Triumph Goldwyn Remaking “The Eternal Magdalene” Constance Talmadge in “The Studio Girl” ILLUSTRATED FEATURES: Linpa A. GrirFitH Making a Name for Myself in the Movies Lita Lee Winning by a Nose Auice Brapy My Bit in the World’s Work Map {VANS How “Innocent” Was Filmed Fa The Lion in the Movi. Ma NA CAVALIERI What Kind of Movies Do Our Soldiers Like? Private C. V. ComBe MISCELLANEOUS: Movie Stars of the East Star Styles Practice Makes Perfect Micuaet Gross Also Reviews of picture plays, timely editorials and ART PORTRAITS of Lila Lee, Emmy Wehlen, Clara Kimball Young, Alice Brady, Veta Searl. 225 FIFTH AVENUE JP IVE F0UN new york city JUDGE Trinklets By Treve Cortins, Jr. HERE is one consolation abou crowded street cars:—You may be too tired to stand up, but you couldn’t fall down if you wanted to. An_ awe-inspiring array of telegraph poles is still to be observed in motion ictures having to do with Revolutionary War days. i Many vapid youths discourse loudly and at much length upon the desirability of war gardens. But all they raise is Cain. The contention that we would ll enjoy longer lives if we made peanuts a part of every meal may be correct. But who wants to live that kind of a life? Now that the income tax excitement has blown over, there's some satisfaction to be derived from the fact that some 6,000,000 others beside yourself had to pay it. The motion to turn deer into food is all right, as long as the horns are not included. Notwithstanding the issuance of bul- letins telling people how to cross the streets without being injured, New York- ers continue to be run over by autos. Possibly a leaflet to chauffeurs on how to drive without bumping into pedestrians might have the desired effect. Add to your list of immortals: The man who pays five dollars for a set of tools with which to do a dollar repair job. All is not gold that glitters, and many an empty attic reposeth behind a pair of intellectual looking horn-rimmed spec: tacles. Twenty-four dollars weekly is said to be sufficient for the support of @ family of six,—by all except those who have tried it. After learning that a letter took three years to come from Russia we're willing to admit the mail deliveries over here could be a bit worse. “Famous Beauties Never Get Fat,” says an advertisement. Of course not Merely “pleasingly plump.” The strangest thing about free verse is that people get paid for writing it. The awfulness of the Russian situa tion can best be appreciated after hearken- ing to a one-finger recital of the Russian Prelude by an infant prodigy. i People will continue to exist notwith- standing the announcement that ther will be no new wall-paper designs until after the war. Goap 2e., Ointment 2 & t6e., Talcam Ze. Sample] leach mailed freo by “Cuticura, Dept. B, Bostos. the thi yo pe yor are comicbooks.com