Judge, 1919-11-01 · page 6 of 38
Judge — November 1, 1919 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains satirical commentary on Prohibition (the alcohol ban referenced in the OCR text). The three comic vignettes in the "Spare Us," "Beneficial," and "Hooray!" sections mock the law's effects: - **"Spare Us"** jokes that theatrical magnates will relocate to bathrooms since bedroom farces are now "passé" - **"Beneficial"** suggests husbands stay home nightly now—not from virtue but because they're "in the kitchen making beer" - **"Hooray!"** celebrates one benefit: movies won't show drinking scenes anymore, as "the drinking scenes will give them away" The top illustration shows a man apparently engaged in illicit alcohol production or washing up from such work—visual proof of Prohibition's ironic result: widespread home brewing replacing legal taverns. The satire targets how the law drove alcohol consumption underground rather than eliminating it.
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Drawn by T. 5. SULLIVANT Bolshevist Spy—Look! he is washing his face. sympathy with the glorious cause of Bolshevism? hes. It is the soul of uplift. With its twenty- eight sleeping porches and its self-snow-sliding gables it has the quiet allure of a Spitzbergen mosquito net F. o. b. Gowanus, O. D. S. Washington and N. i. t. Point Comfort. For newly-weds we furiously urge the purchase of this (Fig. 3) cottage of a thousand windows. It is known as “the lighthouse” in our trade catalogue. No electric wiring or gas-piping is necessary. The main body of the structure is composed of No. 151% collars that have been laundered to death. Any housewife can re-starch her husband's neck-yokes, iron them and fasten them edge to edge, clap-board fashion. The ornamental parts are the remains of candy-box tops with pretty-girl heads. A fine-tooth comb makes a ripping roof-ridge. The building can be knocked down by kicking away the front porch supports and mailed by parcel post anywhere in the Burleson zone. Our artist has put in a few paper bustling figures on the lawn just to show how eager the neighbors will be to see how you live. The periscope over the entrance enables the tenant to see the tax-collector when he gains a foothold on the stoop. By stepping on the brake in the turret the latter sinks down noise- lessly enveloping the intruder as in a sealed sarco- phagus. His body is then ready for delivery to the county coroner. In ordering this house please be careful to mention the price and shelf-number. $0.60 apiece, two for $15. Style, Gorgonzola Byzantine X44A. This is some house, we'll tell the world. What further proof do you want that he is not in Spare Us “What will the theatrical magnates do when the bed- room farces have become passé “Well, there’s al- ways the bath- room.” Beneficial “Since the prohi- bition law went in- to effect I notice that your husband is home every night. Aren't you glad “Not at all. He's always in the kitch- en making beer or something.” Hooray ! “There's one good thing about prohibition.” “What is it?” “They won't be able to pan off old motion pictures on us now. The drink- ing scenes will give them away Drawn by RB. Future Jones has just spied the auto thief who stole his second-hand car.