Judge, 1921-09-24 · page 7 of 36
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# "The Judgment of Paris" Page Analysis This *Judge* magazine page contains three distinct pieces of social satire: **Top Cartoon**: "The Judgment of Paris" depicts three fashionable women evaluating a seated man—a satirical take on the famous mythological judgment. The visual joke plays on romantic disappointment and class pretension among the wealthy. **"A Bolshevictory"**: This piece mocks communist rhetoric and converts. A speaker on a soapbox delivers fiery revolutionary propaganda about capitalist excess and workers' suffering. The narrator is moved to tears by tales of injustice—until the speaker's description of capitalist luxury (palaces, extravagance) makes the narrator think "I too, would be a capitalist!" The satire skewers both the hypocrisy of communist ideology and the materialistic shallowness of its converts. **Lighter Pieces**: "The Right Rhyme" jokes about theatrical revue titles overusing "whirl," while "Courtship" and "No Stops on This Line" offer brief witty observations on dating and unstoppable after-dinner speakers. The page reflects post-WWI American anxiety about Bolshevism and communist agitation.
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DASKEQUILE Panis Drawn by CHARLES RASKERVIELE “And you, too.” she wailed, “you are not a spaghetti-borer after all? Oh, why have you deceived me? I, too, wanted to be loved = But by this time their respective cars had whirled them miles asunder. Often, as the years wore on, Regi- mere de Tryllion gazed sadly at the genuine Moldavian female he had found in the Lynn glue factory, washing the dishes (what were left of them) in her silken Point d’Esprit, thinking of Myrtle... dear little cock-eyed Myrtle . . . and two hearts doomed to beat apart... through the astronomical years... . And Myrtle Dubbheimer, née Ans- truther, she also would sigh, as her Mexican husband foozled his ap- proach on the Kittybiscuit Links, or left a lone spoon standing, like a drunken sentinel, in his coffee cup. Sigh, and wonder if after all it was wise for her to have taken him from that South Silesian sweatshop, where he was so happy—and so drunk! “For of all sad words of pen or tongue, The saddest are these: I have been stung!” THE JUDGMENT oF Parts A Bolshevictory Ry WALTER OLSEN | WAS first attracted by his rasp ing voice which sounded in my ears like a dentist’s drill feels in one’s teeth. A strange power caused me to stop and listen. There he The Right Rhyme (“Whirl” is the prevailing word in the titles of the coming Revues News Note.) By LA ToucHE HANCOCK ALL it by any name you will, 4 Teetotum or rotation, Round and round like a horse in a mill, Tornado or gyration, The dizzy reel, the whirligig, The roll, or circulation, The wriggle or the jazzy jig, The tott’ring oscillation. There’s really only one excuse For tearing “whirl” to tatters— It rhymes with “girl,” so what the deuce? That’s really all that matters! stood on a soap box shouting defiance to the government: a strange glitter in his eyes. He was like a tornado in his fury. Then his voice lowered as he told of the sufferings of our com rades. It was terrible. I wept copi ous tears and vowed eternal venge ance. Such things must not be! In bitterness he described the capital mode of living: travagance on eve homes veritable palaces. saw light! Glorious! — /, be a capitalist! hand. Their Suddenly, | too, would No Stops on This Line Behold the fat. brake upon a car, The bumper on the railroad track, the foot-rail on a bar: These things are made to stop the rush of others that are weaker. But all combined they cannot stop an after-dinner speaker! round period, the Courtship The man who loves, he plays no part Like motion picture stars, But clasps the damsel to his heart Regardless of cigars. comicbooks.com