Judge, 1919-06-28 · page 5 of 37
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# Analysis This page contains a humorous article titled "At Last! The Book You Need!" by Dox Herold about the difficulty of getting a photograph taken. The piece satirizes the experience of trying to have one's picture taken for publication—the photographer is uncooperative, claims to be too busy, and keeps refusing the assignment. The top illustration labeled "Posing at the Seashore" depicts four poses: "Exposing," "Reposing," "Opposing," and "Proposing"—a visual joke about different beach behaviors or romantic scenarios. The lower illustration titled "Baby's Nightmare" shows a surreal, humorous image of an infant in an unsettling situation, likely intended as comedic commentary on parenting anxieties or childhood fears. The article's humor relies on relatable frustrations with photography services common to that era.
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Draen by Ray Rows . Posinc at THE SEAsHORI Exposi Reposing Opposing Proposin At Last! The Book You Need! By Dox Hero.p KNOW you'll want a copy of my book. That is, tographer turned down my case. Photographers sim- if Lever get the blamed thing written. [tis mighty ply are not taking photographs any more. 1 do not say hard to get down to work. For instance, the pub- that there is no photographer in the United States who lishers asked me yesterday for a photograph is not taking photographs any more. But I knew of the frontispiece. I had none, and had to start none. out this morning to get one taken. | went to the pho- I finally had my photograph taken at a ten-cent tographer who used to do all my photography years — store in the underwear department ago. He was astonished when I told him that [ wanted Then I dropped in at McSniffeny’s Jewelry Store my picture taken. for one of those delicious luncheons which they have “No, no, no, no,” he said. “Oh, no, not here, not — been serving lately, and ran across Jack Scratton more. It has been three (Take: my word for it: Me- ; Sniffeny’s lunches are far tographs. We teach inter- J — perior to those you get at pretative dancing now. Pho- / — Sternkin’s Shoe Store or at tography, no, no. We—" —_ Pensby’s Book Shop.) “But your sign down- After lunch, Jack insisted stairs still says ‘Photog- that I run up to Stubson’s raphy,’ I said. / Hat Store to help him buy a “Don’t you get the mean- E new set of golf sticks and to ing, the connection?” he J : have a look at their new ship- asked. “There is a meaning. ; ment of canoes. Photography in one sense of And that is how the days the word—that is, incerpre- ; \ . pass. By the time I had years since we have taken pho- tative dancing in one sense : stopped at Murchy’s Egg and of the word Then a < Butter Store to get a couple cloud of despair passed 1gmM4 9 = of theatre tickets for next over his face. IT left the < t Friday evening, this day was place. Rewesbg Des Aaa: too far gone for any use, Photographer after pho- Basy’s Nicutmare Besides that, J was in no