Judge, 1921-07-30 · page 10 of 36
Judge — July 30, 1921 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"Going and Coming"** (poem): Humorously contrasts how people talk *before* vacation versus *after*. Before, they excitedly discuss their plans; after returning, they complain and avoid conversation—emphasized by shifting the accent from "va-*CA*-tion" to "va-*SHUN*." **"Ovism"** (art criticism): Mocks the latest European avant-garde art movement replacing Cubism. "Ovism" treats eggs as artistic subjects, painting them in sinister, crime-inducing ways. The satire suggests modernist art movements are absurdly pretentious—even harmless objects become menacing when rendered by these artists. It's a broader jab at experimental art as incomprehensible and ridiculous. **"Burbanknote"**: References Luther Burbank, the famous California plant breeder/horticulturist known for agricultural innovations. The piece sarcastically credits him with impossible botanical feats (removing "age" from cabbage, making dates "easily kept"), poking fun at his exaggerated reputation. The bottom cartoon caption "Where There's a Will There's a Way" appears unrelated to the text above it.
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Going and Coming By S. S. Sttnson WHEN we speak of a vacation Ere the same we start upon, How we prattle with elation When we speak of a vacation. How we spill our conversation, With the accent on the con, When we speak of a vacation Ere the same we start upon. Coming back from a vacation When its weary course has run, How we curse anticipation Coming back from a vacation How we dam our conversati With the accent on the shun, Coming back from a va When its weary course has run. Ovism By Epwarp S. Van Zive UBISM has gone out and ovism is the dernier cri in European art. The egg has supplanted the cube on canvas and oval horrors are making the productions of the cubists look comparison. The ovists are distinctly hard-boiled. There is nothing they won’t paint if it can be made egg-shaped. Their pictures indicate that the ovists believe that all eggs are bad. They can depict a perfectly harmless Drawn by P. D. Joussos Lire’s DisthtusionMENTS—WHEN YOU FIND THAT THE TOMATO PLANT THE KID PUT IN AND INSISTED ON TAK CARE OF WITH HIS TIN TOOLS, HAS TURNED OUT TWICE .AS GOOD AS YOUR OWN. poached egg in a way that makes it look like a misdemeanor or show you an omelette on canvas that actually drives the temper- amental to crime. The worst of the Wuere Tuere’s a Witt Tuere’s a Way. 10 P i cubists never egged us on that way. But the mystery remains as to how the ovists An egg in this country fresh enough to pose for a few can afiord to employ models. hours is worth more than any modern painting. Burbanknote UTHER BURB: tion. youth to the elderberry. a wayside dais) and a Bartlett pear into a Bartlett quota- tion. He has put the watermelon on the water-wagon and taken the gin out of gin- ger. Raising pumpkins without using pumps and making dates that are easily kept is a cinch to Burbank. College boys are wondering whether he’ll ever be able to make a wallflower look like a perfect peach or a regular pippin. Anticipation “Yes, I enjoy the movies. They keep you in a constant state of anticipation.” “Eh?” “The production promised for next week is always so much better than anything you see.” VK, the California wizard, is depriving the vegetable kingdom of the last shield of self-determina- Not content with taking the straw out of the strawberry and age out of the cabbage, he has found a way of restoring He can change , into a quart of blueberries | | |