Judge, 1922-07-01 · page 10 of 36
Judge — July 1, 1922 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# "Captain Applejack" Page Explanation This page promotes a theatrical production starring Wallace Eddinger. The illustration shows various costumed characters gathered around the central figure—Eddinger as "Captain Applejack," depicted in pirate attire. The plot summary describes a comedy about a young Englishman named Applejohn who, bored with rural life, sells his ancestral home. A real estate agent advertises hidden treasure with the property, attracting criminals. Their intrusions trigger a dream sequence—the page humorously references Freud, suggesting psychological interpretation was fashionable—that reveals the family's actual pirate past. The satire appears gentle: Eddinger plays a dual role as both respectable gentleman and "rip-roarin', keel-hauling" pirate, allowing the comedian to perform contrasting comedic personas. The joke relies on the incongruity between polite English society and swashbuckling adventure, typical of 1920s theatrical comedy.
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Arthur Litle goes aboard the lugger of— wattace. Eoomcen, Proese fosveR BORED with the quiet of rural England, young Applejohn decides upon a quest for adventure. To cut himself loose, he offers for sale the ancestral home. His friend, the clever real estate man, advertises a hidden treasure with the house and a swarm of crooks are attracted, who, swarming all over the end of the first act, induce a dream (Freud, page 37). A perfectly good dream of a pirate ship turns out to be the real story of the family. Captain Applejack is Wallace Eddinger and a “rip-roarin’, keel-hauling, black- peste pirate,” while being at the same time our own respectable, delightful, favorite comedian.