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# "Bad Breaks" Page from Judge Magazine This page showcases **"Bad Breaks,"** Judge's humor column featuring unintentionally funny newspaper clippings—typographical errors, awkward phrasing, and logical absurdities from real newspapers. Readers submitted clippings for $1 each; Judge paid $5 weekly for the best. Examples include: - A wedding where the minister used "a blue traveling suit with hat" (unclear if the minister or bride wore it) - Math absurdity: "20,000 will be able to vote" out of "12,000 actors" - A "toy soldier" who was eleven pounds and twenty-two years old - A street car that rescued shipwreck survivors (confusing "car" with "crew") The humor relies on **reader familiarity with newspaper errors**—a popular early-20th-century pastime. The satire gently mocks sloppy journalism and editing rather than targeting political figures. This reflects pre-digital publishing's vulnerability to human error in typesetting and proofreading, making such mistakes far more common and amusing to contemporaries.

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2 at JUDGE pays $1 each for accepted Bao Breaks clipped from newspapers, ma for contributions worthy of use as prize BAD BREAKS. Break. No rejected Bap Breaks will be returned unless postage is inclosed. considered, and no BAD BREAKS in advertisements ar department. Mere typographical mishaps are not cons ion. Cheques for BAD BREAKS are sent upon accept consideratio Scientists, Take — Notice!—“ The OLDEST Wé FICTION extant is thought to be ‘ale of Two Brothers,’ WRUFTEN 32000 YEARS AGO by the Theban scribe, "—New Orleans (La.) States. (Fo W. somewhat Jazzed—“The double-ring copal service will be used. — Miss Smily Waite, OF PIANO, accompanied by Mr. Clinton, of New Haven, will presi at the North Haven, ON THE VIOLIN.” — Meriden (Conn.) Journal. (Claire Nunan.) Sticks Tickle Picnickers’ Palates— A group of Grand Crossing people motored to Lombard Sunday where they had a picnic, boiling coffee over a fire built from sticks which TASTED FINE after the long ride. Woodlawn (1i.) Gaztte. (Mrs. J. C. Wideman.) Oh, Those New Jersey Laws!—"It appears that the runaway wife recently went to New Jersey, where Sue WAS MARRIED TO THE SECOND WOMAN, and HAD HIM iNDICTED for bigamy.” Rochelle (N. Y.) Evening Si (Morris Cohen.) Unsportsmanlike—*Three Beaten by Thugs Over the Weck-End.”—Heading in Hoboken, (N. J.) Hudson Observer. (Muriel Kaulfuss.) The Complicated Dramatic Art— “The well-informed, the discriminating will recognize in her Toinette a remark- ably clever delineation and sound exam- ple of the acting art, rorrriteD by rare personal magnetism.”—Pueblo (Colo.) Star-Journal, (R. C. Walter.) A Long Sweet Spring—‘ Setting at rest rumors that he would purchase a newspaper Chester H. Rowell said yes- terday that he ‘positively had no such intention and that he is going to Bermuda for a TWO YEARS’ REST IN THE SPRING."”” —Los Angeles Examiner, (John L. Von Blon.) New in the Ritual—“On Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Mamie Warren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gero of this city, was united in marriage with Leon E. Nichols, also of this city at the Universalist parsonage. Rev. Charles A. Knickerbocker officiated, USING A BLUE TRAVELING SUIT WITH HAT, TO MATCH.” An a (Me.) Kennebec Journal. (W. Scott, Hill.) Unchallenged—“ Mrs. Mary J. McKaig who WAS BoRN in Ni gypt on the 17th day of January, 19: voted at the primaries on the 28th day of September, 1920."—Toms River (N. J.) Courier. Jwie Nare.) The Great Minority—“Out of the 12,000 actors and actresses in the United States, 20,000 will be able to vote in New York State this year through the opera- tion of the absentee law, Miss Coghlan said.”"—New York Herald. (Julie Nare.) A Visiting Highway. RUCE STREET went to Erie yesterday afternoon to spend a few days with friends.” Titusville (Pa.) Herald. (Frances Boal.) A Toy Soldier—“A diminutive chap of ELEVEN pounDs, and only twenty-two ars old, the corporal always loved the life of a soldier.”—Adanta (Ga.) Journal. (G. E. Armstrong.) This Week’s Prize ‘‘Break” Contributed by Amos Barton New York City A Versatile Street Car “Their ship was dismasted in a hurricane and the argonauts were rescued by a British Tra’’—New York Times. Original clippings must be furnished to shorw the bona } No material already published as BAD Breaks will be The editor cannot enter into correspondence with contributors to this Many duplications are received, and the postmark determines priority of ines or books. Five dollars each will be paid ide nature of the BAD Pointed Plaudits—“Hecklers are the nightmare of public speakers, but some- times they are useful... . His aupt- ENCE, composed mostly of POREFINGERS, greeted this statement with shouts of approval.” — Orleans (La.) States (FW. Sones.) Sea Going Rail Birds—* A wircless from Paris vesterday stated that Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davidson, bride and groom, were Spending a very happy honeymoon and would SAIL BY RAIL for home this week.” Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Telegraph. (Edgar F, Root.) Those Penetrating Chimes!—“The BELLS AND CHtrs of New Orleans churches and schools WILL RING OUT in chorus at noon, Friday, THROUGHOUT THE whore Unitep States.”—New Orleans (La.) Item. (C. C. Phillips.) Nota Clear Reason—"A possible rea- son for her wanderings, as gleaned from rambling statements, was that she was a sufferer from iNSOMNIA, and that she had walked from her home IN HER SLEEP, clad only in her night clothing.” —Dencer Express. (John C. Ingram.) The Chicks Had Been Fed—"He turned to his wife, who stood at his side with the EMPTY PAN OF CIICKEN-PEED in her arms."—Blue Book Mag. Ora L. Johnston.) One Editorial View—“Well may the Republican party as a whole p to be thus endowed for genuine service for America and for humanity and for END- ING WorLD peace.”—Bulington (Vt) Free Press. (S. E. Royce.) ricated Melody—“ Preceding the ceremony Miss Katherine aham REN- DERED VERY SorTLy the Angel’s Serenade ON THE WHITE GEORGETTE CREPE EM- BROIDFRED IN SILVER, with a court train.” —Petersburg (Va.) ening Pro. gress. (Wm. Henry Mann.)