Judge, 1919-08-02 · page 30 of 36
Judge — August 2, 1919 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **theatrical advertising and reviews** for 1919 New York Broadway shows, with minimal political content. The main cartoon (bottom right, by John Held Jr.) depicts **summer fashion absurdity**: wealthy women wearing fur coats in hot weather. The joke satirizes upper-class vanity—the women prioritize appearing stylish over comfort, and perspiring publicly is considered "unstylish." This mocks the artificiality and impracticality of high society fashion conventions. The poem "An Exhortation" (left side) is a humorous female monologue about romance and plainness—a girl describing her unfashionable appearance while hoping a man will find her attractive anyway. It's gentle social satire about class consciousness and beauty standards of the era. The theatrical listings are mostly light comedies and musicals with titles referencing post-WWI themes ("Better 'Ole," "Scandals of 1919") and popular entertainments (Follies, romance plots). No significant political commentary is evident on this page.
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[Og | amuse AU WW. aand St. Ryes. 8:20 | /COHAN & HARRIS $ Siewadsrhe COHAN & HARRIS PRESENT _ The ROYAL VAGABOND A COHANIZED OPERA COMIQUE ELTINGE tre, West 42nd Street. Eves at 8:30 pees Wednesday & Saturday 2.30 A. H. WOODS presents UP IN MABEL’S ROOM With HAZEL DAWN, JOHN CUMBERLAND, Others | THEATRE, Bway & 38th st | KNICKERBOCKER fir esS* it Wea 8 Ses peste LESTER! Away and 45th Street, Evenings 8:15 Matisees Wedne.day and Saturday 2:15 | WITH FAY BAINTER | BOOTH “iiss Weer eNT THE BETTER ’OLE An Exhortation By Geatauve A, Sur } MY grandma always used to say That if a man were meant to love A girl, he'd find her in some way Guided by wisdom from above. (If she were in a bandbox hid He'd come along and lift the lid.) But somehow I am still in doubt; I don’t wear very pretty clothes, Perhaps you'll never find me out: And I have freckles on my nose. (My coat is warm, but it’s not chic. Oh, Mr. Man, please find me quick!) I always wear just plain dark blue; My hair-comb doesn’t show my curls; I like plain things, but maybe you Are used to very fluffy girls. (And you don't know—'twould shock our ma- mas— How sweet I look—in pink pajamas!) Summer Shows and Survivals. | Attractions in } » York Theatres that are Braving the Size. JUDGE | By L. M. At 9:45—Playhouse. The trail of the trigger-puller. Better ‘Ove, Tur—Booth. Bairns- father’s animated cartoon service. Crimson Atipi, THe—Broadhurst. a crime, but it’s interesting. East Is West—Astor. Pajama-drama of the Orient. Five Mittiox, Tue—Lyric. When the boys come home to the waiting girls and villains. Fouttes oF 1919—New Amsterdam. Just one dame after another. Gateties oF 1919—44th Street. bled scrumptiousness. Greenwicn Vit 1es—Green- wich Village. Why the Tired Business Man is detained down town. Joux Fercuson—Fulton. Grim, finely acted tragedy, with a happy box office. La, La, Lucitre!—Henry Miller. Manu- facturing divorce evidence on a hilari- ously wholesale basis. Licutxix’—Gaiety. Sagacious seediness. Listen, Lester!—Knickerbocker. Nifty and unashamed. It’s Scram- Littte Journey, A—Vanderbilt. man zoo in a Pullman ark. Loxety Romeo, A—Shubert. Lew Fields has an adventurous wet evening. Mipnicut Wuiri—Century Grove. top giddiness. Monte Cristo, Jr.—W inter Garden. the overhead boardwalk. Royat Vacasonp, Tue—Cohan & Harris Making Bargravia safe for democracy and fox trotting. Scannats or 1919—Liberty. with a shimmy motif. Sue’s a Goop Fettow—Globe. is a cousin of Charley’s Aunt. Spanisn Opera Company—Cort. Latin- American outpost on Broadway. 39 East—Maxine Elliott. The star boarder and the sweet young thing. Up is Maseu’s Room—Eltinge. John Cumberland persecuted with lingerie Voice 1x THE Dark, A—Republic. Melo- drama according to the blind. Ziecretp Frouire — Cocoanut Grove. Closer looks at fair ones from the Follies. Hu- Roof- Via Scandals The plot Drawn by Joux Hero, Jn. Summer Furs ror Summer Foors “Why does yc “Because it ut doesn’t it tylish.” f mama wear furs in the summer time?” nake her perspire?” “Oh, no, it isn’t stylish to perspire.” comicbooks.com