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Judge — April 10, 1920 — page 30: Judge, 1920-04-10

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This page is primarily **advertising and theatrical listings** with minor satirical content. The main elements: **Theater advertisements** dominate the left side, promoting Broadway shows including "The Acquittal," "Shags," and others—typical Judge content targeting educated urban audiences. **The "Waists" article** is a humor piece mocking women's fashion, particularly the corset-like waist garments of the era. It satirizes their impracticality (women carrying them in bottles for headaches) and expense, while making crude observations about women's bodies and marriage. **Two brief jokes** appear: one about a debate society topic comparing Washington and Lincoln, another playing on "college bred" as a pun with oysters. **The cartoons** are minor: one shows mushroom-like figures (meaning unclear), another illustrates the "college yell" joke. The page reflects early-20th-century Judge magazine's formula: theatrical advertisements mixed with light social satire aimed at middle-to-upper-class readers, with humor often relying on gender stereotypes and wordplay that now reads as dated or crude.

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