Judge, 1920-08-07 · page 29 of 36
Judge — August 7, 1920 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes satirical content with advertising. **The main satire** is McEvoy's "Remarks by a Has-Been"—a horse complaining that while humans get vacations to rest, horses only receive more work. The joke targets labor inequality: working-class people get brief respite, but working animals get none. It's gentle social commentary on exhaustion and unfair treatment. **"Snoopy Quops, No. 6"** is a absurdist joke-cartoon about a Ukrainian man obsessed with hitting his own nose, watching pieces fall while philosophically shrugging it off. It appears to mock either Ukrainian stereotypes or simply present nonsensical humor typical of the era. **The bulk of the page is a Pall Mall cigarette advertisement**, framed as a story: a Captain X smoked round cigarettes ("over there"—likely WWI reference) and brought the idea back to America. The ad positions round Pall Malls as inspired by wartime experience, appealing to returning soldiers' nostalgia. The page reflects post-WWI 1920 American culture: labor concerns, absurdist humor, and marketing leveraging soldier identity.
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E A cust 7, 1920 Remarks by a Has-Been By J. P. McEvoy NOTICE that when human geeks Get sick of worry, toil and grime, I) cy rest themselves a flock of weeks \ngl call this their vacation time. Aad rest is fine I’ve heard, of coarse, I Jo not know, for I'm a horse. di when we horses weary grow, We merely get more work to do, jhe very thing we need, I know, Yo keep us strong and willing. too, Kut though perhaps it’s not the best, I. like to try a little rest Il like to take one week a yea And wander in a pasture ra: some cool dark water running near, \ shady forest green and fair, And roam around for days and days. WH oAod graze and drink and rest and graze. I. like to roll in beds of dust \nd lick the salt from friendly stumps. Instead I’m worked and roundly: cussed. \nd cheered along with kicks and thumys But I should not complain, of course. I'm just a common grocery horse. Sure Fire \ woman's virtue and her social position are like in one respect. When she feels it neces siry to debate about them, they become de hatable. That Haggard Remark Howard—King Solomon is supposed to have stid “Be mine” to a thousand women. Jay—Oh, yes! Every one has heard of King Solomon’s Mines Snoppy Quops, No. 6 Words by Wu. C. Trreome Decoration by J. S. Murray Chauncey, the Ukrainian Lead-Hound 'HERE was an old man of Ukrainia, Who for hitting his nose had a mania. As he watched the chips fall He exclaimed: “ After all, What's a nose more or less in Ukrainia?” When you wanted a drink of water and couldn’ get it— When the chow was cold or hadn't come up— When life was dreary and rainsoaked, too— There was one friend that never failed you— —a cigarette, and the cigarettes “over there” were round in shape and smoked freely. HEIR shape gave Capt. X an idea—a big idea. Back in America once more he suggested that we make his favorite cigarette—PALL MALL (plain ends)—round in shape and loosely rolled. PALL MALL FAMOUS CIGARETTES ounds The famous PALL MALL blend of 42 different kinds of Turkish tobacco in a. cigarette that does not have to be tapped, squeezed or loosened—a cigarette with a free and easy draught. Read the story of Capt. X. 2 PALL MALL ROUNDS (plain ends) in the new 50° foil package ... “THEY ARE GOOD TASTE” PALL MALL (regular) plain or cork in boxes of 10, 50, 100 as usual.