Judge, 1919-06-28 · page 22 of 37
Judge — June 28, 1919 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge contains several satirical pieces about early cinema and contemporary social humor. The top cartoon depicts a conference scene with men in discussion, captioned with French phrases about "parties" and "tea-making"—likely mocking diplomatic conferences of the era through absurdist dialogue. The **Movies section** collects humorous anecdotes about cinema-going. "The Stilly Night" jokes that movies' appeal is watching women sit silently with open mouths—satirizing both silent film audiences and female behavior. Other pieces mock motion picture production difficulties (catching fish for scenes) and suggest movies serve as "educational" content for married men seeking escape, with a veiled reference to "vampire" actresses. The **"Young-Sters"** section presents children's jokes, including one where a child brings pipe cleaners to a visiting minstrel singer, misunderstanding his complaint about "stuffed pipes." **"The Latest Peril of the Sea"** illustration (bottom right) shows a shipwreck scene, with caption joking about "transatlantic flighters"—likely referencing early aviation disasters or submarine warfare concerns from the WWI era. The overall tone is light, domestic humor typical of Judge's satirical approach to contemporary American life and emerging entertainment culture.
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Latest News of the Conference Idle s—The youngest came cry- ing to his mother. “Why, deari is the matter?” “Dad was lifting a big box and it fell on his toes,” explained the child between she exclaimed. “What weer ee “But.” continued mother, “that is hardly anything to ery abo! You should have laughed at it.” t I did,” said the boy.—Harper'’s Maga t zine. In Her Nicotines—A minstrel singer, visiting in the home of local friends not long since, entertained the family of his host with several songs, greatly to the de light of three small girls of the house hold After a song or two the minstrel ob served in theatrical parlance “My pipes seem to be a little bit stuffed up.” A Bold Bid—"I sce you have changed The smallest girl left the room and the name the Brokers and Stockers soon returned with a box which she Bank to the Greasepaint and Slapstick.” handed to the minstrel. ' That's right “What are these?” he asked, “throat What's the big ide. “We want to get some of the movie “No, j The Stilly Night—The most consol me = | MOVIES lozenge the child replied, “they're Kansas City Jour- papa’s pipe cleaners.” — Youngstown Tele ney on depos ing thing about g the movies is gram seeing so many women in the pictures _ ; opening their mouths and not saying a The Latest Peril of the Sea word you can hear.—Jacksonvilie (Fla.) Times-Union. Laudable Ambition—“ You say’ this is an educational film? “Yes.” replied the mov blandly “Burt it features a ‘vampir } Exactly. We are tryi } d sate for married men.” Long Waits—“What is the most dif ficult motion picture vou ever took? “Man catching a fair-sized fish. We ed hours for a bite, and snapped scores of minnows before he finally v hooked something that would px Kansas City Journal. Soft Traveling — Bacon — Wouldn't you like to see the battlefields in Europe? Eghert—Oh, I've seen 'em. “Why, you haven't been over since the war, have you?” j No; but [ve bi Yonkers Statesm en to the movies.” — Skipper Steamer—Darn those transatlantic flighters! That's the second this week! comicbooks.com