Judge, 1919-10-04 · page 9 of 36
Judge — October 4, 1919 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis for Modern Readers This page contains satirical humor typical of 1920s Judge magazine: **Top section** ("numbered list"): Cynical observations about modern life—people rushing to save pennies on bills, chasing sales, and losing peace of mind. The joke critiques American consumer anxiety. **"Tears" story with illustration**: A film director manipulating an actress's genuine emotional breakdown for a scene, then casually demanding she continue. It satirizes Hollywood's callous exploitation of performers. **"The Great Victory"**: A mock-serious account of a 1925 controversy over mint gum allegedly causing "too much cerebral movement," settled by a croquet-mallet manufacturer. This appears to mock both moral panic about consumer products and absurd arbitration. **Bottom illustrations and brief jokes**: Standard period humor about phonographs as status symbols, rural characters, and family dynamics. The overall tone reflects Jazz Age skepticism toward progress, commercialism, and authority—characteristic of Judge's satirical approach to contemporary American society.
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1. The last chance to pay a gas bill to save a few cents. 2. The saving of five dollars on a talking machine, on which special prices were quoted for that day only. 3. Two ice cream sodas, to relieve my tir 4. My equanimity. "ry to imagine the daily papers playing up “punc- tual” news. It is only the late news we get. Why should one be punc- tual at a show? The first act is never any good any- way. What about trains that are on time? They only miss carrying the passengers who are late. Confidentially, I like the idea that “there is no time, nor spac Tears By Harry levixc Suumway HE was crying unrestrain- edly, Not a sound came from the pretty trembling lips but the great tears rolled down her checks. eS The man seemed to enjoy the sight. A sarcastic smile Drown ly T. 5. Sc taay ane played about his cruel mouth The Serpent—Well, Adam has started it. From now on the cons as he watched hei looked as if he could ni UE pegs Sigel acts fis going to get it in the ne ve smiled any other kind. .. The Great Victory The girl’s beautiful eyes looked up pleadingly to his. His The Great Chewing Gum controversy broke out in 1925. tongue seemed to lash her like a whip as a torrent of words The Anti-Free Thought League contended that the mint came hissing from his mouth. Then she crumpled up and gave — in the gum produced so much cerebral movement in the minds way entirely to her grief. of the people that it endangered public safety and the censor’s “Fine, fine,” the man cried to her. “Two hundred feet life of that is enough. Now we'll shoot a little of the next scene The advocates of 2.75 mint in the gum threatened a uni- where you hang by one foot from a five-story building versal strike. Finally an arbitrator was appointed. He was Whereupon the lovely girl chucked the onion overboard the famous multi-millionaire manufacturer of croquet mallets. He decided in favor of 2.75 \ mint, which was celebrated by > the people in a vast croquet tournament. Reserved Ammunition “Do you mean to say you have a phonograph and no \ records?” ) Yep, we only use it as a Uhreat.”” His Action “When is your brother-in- law coming to visit you again?” asked a neighbor. “D’know,” replied Gap John son, of Rumpus Ridge, Ark. Drawn by A. BL Watann “Didn't you invite him?” Village Constable—Gosh-all-hemlock, them folks must be Chin from the looks of that air number, “ Nope!—dared him.” 9 icomicbooksseom