Judge, 1919-06-07 · page 25 of 36
Judge — June 7, 1919 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page showcases comedic scenes from contemporary Broadway productions, likely from the 1920s. Each excerpt highlights a humorous moment: **"I Love You"**: A romantic comedy where a character has misused romantic props (moonlight, settee, violin, love poems) meant to seduce one woman to pursue another—the humor lies in the bungling of seduction strategy. **"Toby's Bow"**: Features racial humor typical of the era, with a Black butler character dismissing a Japanese valet in dialect, reflecting period prejudices about competing foreign influences. **"Dark Rosaleen"**: A gambler believes money can manipulate horse racing outcomes—the joke being his faulty logic that financial advantage guarantees victory when eighteen of nineteen horses must lose regardless. **"Take It From Me"**: A young man's youthful charm is unwelcome to a woman who wishes he'd look elsewhere. The page serves as theatrical entertainment coverage, showcasing star actors and plot devices that appealed to contemporary audiences.
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From “1 Love You” Cypsy O'Brien, John Westley, and Richard Dix bright bits from new plays George Marion as Toby Jimmie—Why, you bungling idiot, you have been using y environment for illegitimate purposes! The moon, settee, the soft light, the violin, this book of love poems! They are to help you win Betty—not Ruth! From“ Tosy’s Bow” Toby, most benefi- cent of butlers, is dubtous 2 about an alliance wetth Japan as repre- sented by Yama, the visiting Yankee’s valet “Ah got no use fo’ dese er yallah hs.” From “ Dark RosaLeen ” If “money makes the mare po,” this shifty jockey thinks money can make Moya’s mare not go. Yo “Well, you can see, it’s this way. There are nineteen horses entered, and the only thing that one can be sure about is that cighteen of them are go- ing to lose.” “Eighteen of them will lose sure enough—if they all start.” From“ Take It From Me” A present show recalls a past one. “Can I be of any assistance to you, Miss Abbot?” “Sir! I wish you would turn those eyes of youth the other way.” Farrell Pelly and Eileen Huban 2s