Judge, 1921-09-24 · page 32 of 36
Judge — September 24, 1921 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes humor with prohibition-era satire. The dominant piece, "Prepared for the Prohibs" by Battell Loomis, mocks those supporting Prohibition (the "Prohibs"). The speaker ironically declares he'll hide underground with his girlfriend, alcohol, and luxuries when prohibition enforcement arrives—a sardonic response to the imminent ban on alcohol. The cartoon by Carl Anderson showing a worm and chestnut is a visual pun about eating unpleasant things. Other brief humor pieces include wordplay about marriage, a fake definition of "modesty," and dating advice. A Dantesque sonnet playfully debates Dante's death date. The page concludes with advertising for "A Third of Life," a novel claiming to use photography to depict subconscious dreams—pseudoscientific marketing typical of the era. Overall, this reflects early 1900s American satirical magazine content: anti-Prohibition sentiment, light romantic humor, and period advertising sensibilities.
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Prepared for the Prohibs By BATTELL LOOMIS l HAVE been digging a hole in the ground To bury my lost hope in. I have dug deep and walled the hole, With timber and rock and tin. And when | hear the fateful knell, That 1 surely expect to hear, | will crawl down in my hidden cell, And hide with my keg of beer. But that is not all I shall hide away— My girl, she shall go with me, And chests of sweets and meats and, say! A ton of Bull, you'll see! For the red-eyes who foiled John Barleycorn Are after love and life, And they’ll can candy and smokes some morn, And give all pleasure the knife. But they won’t get me in my hole in the ground Tho’ | hope that they will get this— The scent my sweet smokes shed around, ‘The echo of one long (five minutes ut least) kiss. Drawn by CARL ANDERSON “CAN YOU EAT WORM: “I CAN WHEN THERE'S A CHESTNUT AROUND Ir, The Amazon “Would you marry a widower, Maude?” “No. I prefer to tame my hus- band myself.” Newspaper Education Teacher—Johnny, what is modes- ty? Johnny—Please’m, that Mr. Still— Teacher—That will do, John! down. it’s a yacht Sit A Dantesque Sonnet By MARIE ELLYSON THEY all agree and say His birth was in the month of May, But when did Dante pass away? Wise ones maintain (what I deny) It happened sure in hot July, ‘Though many claim to remember ‘Twas in September Six hundred y ago! We Skimmerj And Nononym: Small as the leaves by the Mountain Side, Don’t care to know. The truth is Dante never died— He’s doing now Mute Dramagrims. Rules for Failure Rise late, eat heartily, drink fre- quently, smoke constantly, work sparingly, spend freely, retire after midnight. Encouraging, Or—? He (anxiously): What did. your mother have to say about my kissing her by mistake in the hall? She (atter keeping him for a min- ute in suspense): Why, she said that they certainly did it much better when she was a girl! treasure this novel. of a camera. SMALL, On sale by all liz +1 Mt. Vernon Street A THIRD OF LIFE By PERRITON MAXWELL With Eight Unique Illustrations by the Author dream state than most scientific treatises devoted to psycho-analy tion to its abundance of entertaining data is a captivating romance—a_ powerful story in which love, money, crime and the struggle of a fine, upstanding hero to achieve success against overwhelming obstacles, carries the reader along to 2 dramatic climax. ] i ERE is a book which, primarily a work of fiction, contains more real facts about the If you are fond of a good story well-written and like your fiction to mean something, you will [t is a book that while entertaining you, will also startle you with its daring, compel your thought, and serve as the theme of many a discussion. he illustrations are photographic compositions of an unusual nature and for the first ume the visions of the subconscious mind during sleep have been conveyed to the sensitized plates MAYNARD & » booksellers and department stores (price $1.90) or sent postpaid ($2.00) by the publishers, COMPANY Boston, Mass. and in addi-