Judge, 1921-09-10 · page 32 of 36
Judge — September 10, 1921 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a three-panel cartoon by Chester I. Garde depicting a poor man's encounter with bathing. In the first panel, a shabby figure tells his boss he needs new clothes. By the second panel, he's in a body of water with soap, grateful to have cleaning supplies. In the third, he emerges—now appearing as a respectable, well-dressed gentleman, transformed by basic hygiene. The satire targets the "rags to respectability" mythology: the cartoon suggests that poverty and uncleanliness are linked, and that soap alone can restore social standing. This reflects early 20th-century attitudes about cleanliness correlating with class and morality. The page also includes a Nowhite Nowater hand soap advertisement and a brief humor item about a wife threatening economic independence through long-distance telephone—a still-novel technology. The "Movie Trade-marks" article discusses early film studios' brand identities.
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WS SSS Drawn by Cuester I. GaRpDR. “T’anks Boss, I CERT'NLY WUZ IN NEED “WELL, THANK HEAVEN HE LEFT THE OF A NEW OUTFIT!" CAKE OF SOAP I BROUGHT ALONG! Now For A GOOD LATHER: -” —a necessity West of the Mississippi 35¢ 6 25C 16-Ounce Container NOWHITE NOWATER is even more than a perfect hand cleaner for the motorist—it will remove ink, paint, grease, grime or dirt on which ordinary soap has no effect whatever. It is abso- lutely harmless and is just what you have been looking for to clean white wood work, painted furniture and the countless other things about the home that clean water will not harm. MAGNESIUM PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. 27 THAMES STREET, NEW YORK CITY “ANp I'm ON MY Way!” Not Fatal Muggins—Did you ever get a | shock over the telephone? Buggins—I had one only an hour ago. My wife called me up from Atlantic City to tell me not to bother sending her any more money, that she thought she could make what she had last her till she came home. Movie Trade-marks to | Date (Continued from page 26) partures, to bring cut new producing units—which seems to speak well for the future, if the great organization steams along on an even keel. And Metro? Here we step to more of a “class” concern, that appeals to certain patrons and holds them. There is more of a melodramatic flavor to the Metro films—but for the most part it is exceptionally good melodrama that they present. Pic- tures like “The Misleading Lady,” “Body and Soul” and many more de- served an even greater popularity than they ever received. Universal? Like Metro, interested more in catering to a class than to everybedy, but dcing it well. “Pcp- ular” pictures will always be in de- mand, and the Universal fan knows more surely, perhaps, what he will find than is the case of the follower of any other brand. But after all we have to come back. even yet, to the individual producers or names for our real brand-names— D. W. Griffith—Charley Chaplin— Charles Ray—Maurice Tourneur— Mary Pickford—and, yes, yes, Mack | Sennett. (Next week: What's Happened to the Movies?) comicbooks.com y y: 7 A os 8 aw