Judge, 1921-12-17 · page 4 of 36
Judge — December 17, 1921 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine contains three short humorous pieces with accompanying illustration by Perry Barlow. The central drawing depicts anthropomorphized animals (appearing to be bears or similar creatures) in winter clothing conducting Christmas shopping, illustrating the accompanying verses and jokes below. The three pieces—"A Christmas Candle" by Ralph Bergengren, "Abbreviated" (about yachting costume propriety), and "Ruinous" (about Christmas shopping timing)—are gentle domestic humor focusing on seasonal customs and shopping habits rather than political satire. "Shopping Early" by Berton Braley jokes about men's gift-giving failures, suggesting a husband's November hat purchase proved outdated by Christmas—typical turn-of-the-century domestic comedy mocking male shopping incompetence. The content reflects *Judge*'s focus on social observation and wordplay rather than hard political commentary.
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GES OE MLGAS ne ma 7% aoe INSURED A Christmas Candle ABBREVIATED Shopping Early “Isn’t your skirt extremely short?” By Terrell Love Holliday “This is a yachting costume, my 2 , _ LIGHT a Christmas candle dear, and I must show a clean pair QO) hard luck tales Tve heard the In thought of you, my dear. of heels.” Jack Brown’s, I think, was far the How bright a Christmas candle! RUINOUS worst 2 4 It burns the livelong year. “Come with me and let us do our He bought his wife a Paris hat, How dear a Christmas candle Christmas shopping early.” Along about November first. Of worship unperplext! “But I always give books, and the It cost him quite a tidy “pile,” Each year a Christmas candle best sellers would be out of date by But Christmas morn he found out that That burns until] the next! that time” Twas fifty days behind the style! Drawn by Perry Bartow, By Ralph Bergengren comicbooks.com