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# "As We Were Saying" - Judge Magazine Satire This is a satirical commentary page mixing political humor with social observation, typical of Judge magazine's style. **Key references:** - **Paderewski's return**: Polish pianist/statesman announces comeback; joke is "bobbed hair" (1920s women's fashion) is now commonplace, not novel - **George Harvey**: American diplomat/politician sent abroad as "eccentric comedian" - **Shipping Board wine list**: References a scandal where the U.S. Shipping Board's expensive wine cellar became public knowledge, embarrassingly attracting crowds to liners - **Republican Old Guard/Marshal Grouchy**: Compares GOP leadership to Napoleon's general who failed to support him at Waterloo—suggesting Republicans likewise refuse to "turn back" (support their base) - **"Normalcy"**: Reference to Harding's 1920 campaign promise of "return to normalcy" The page mocks government inefficiency, political hypocrisy, and changing social mores with quick, biting quips rather than elaborate cartoons.
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As We Were Saying BY ARTHUR H. FoLwELuL ITE his previously announced ID tirement for all time, Pade- rewski will return to the concert stave next) winter. He will find that bobbed hair is not the novelty it used to be. sae is Well, we have sent them a first-class eccentric comedian in George Harvey. tot To RISTS will soon make the trip up Mont Blane by elevator, When he reaches the summit with a load of travel ers, the clevator-man will doubtless muffs, glaciers, mittens, snow, sunsets, rden restau nthe nitle view department and roo! rant! Watch your. stepo” S question will be raised whether a man removes his hat or keeps it on while Mont Blane. “climbir The publicity given the Shipping Board's wine list has resulted in’ record crowds on American” liners. If Mr. Lasker has any tankers among his idle vessels, now would seem to be the time to trot them out. tt Dr. Robert) Herood, director of the International Temperance Bureau, said he saw but two drunks during his recent | tour of the United States; one in New | York and one in Butte. We could have shown him some “buttes” right here in } New York. ee ue habit of blaming the climate for f defeat (see last month's news from Wimbledon) should not be confined to lawn tennis. Why shouldn't a bridge fiend account for his downfall by saying testily: “At home Tm used to hot water heating, and their house is heated by a fur How could T play my game in such an atmosphe How could I play my game in such an atmosphere? Bobbed hair is not the novelty it used to be [)EeEtTE the prospect of a fuel shorta age, it is said by the coal trade that a buyers’ strike is on. The man who wore patched pants when clotl were high, and who had his shoes half- soled when leather hit the zenith, will now adopt the ringit n, Last year’s ashes for this year’s furnace, att Moving pictures of Mars are to be taken next year. Is it too soon for the Senatorial Old Guard to urge an embargo on Martian products? sae ge believes that rain will jo. When lio program Sir Oliver Le ultimately be produced by this happens, an evening's rn “KDK \ .P ittsburgh) to 8.30, Occasional showers. 0 to 9, Gentle drizzle. 9 to 9.20 Severe thunderstorms 9 20 to 10, Northeaster, turnit 10 to 10.15, Cloudburst. (Ineidental music throughout by the Bed- time Jazz Band.) sae o show. Don’t he hasty in ticing up with the fellow who has something — tha regular mint.” It may be only a regular Russian mint. tt Before Mme. Lenglen came along, a girl who could skid a silk hat am: head, or tilt a globe from a gas chandel was considered a high kicker. rd Marshal Grouchy’s failure to turn hack cost. the French Old) Guard the hattle of Waterloo. In the case of the Republican Old Guard, the whole coun- try’s grouchy, and likewise declines. to turn back. NATURE STUDIES BY W. E. HILi wir do not candidates for high pub- lie office hire wholesale florists as their campaign managers? The trouble with most political booms is that they reach their peak too soon and peter out sadly by primary or convention day. A florist’ in’ control would) prevent that. Used to forcing ter lilies so that they will bloom at Easter, or holding them back so that they will not bloom t raising “a favorite son” under that he blossomed at just the moment in the year would be a cinch fo him. Congressmen up for re-election this fall will do well to give this their at- tention, eer It was a long, long way to Tipperary, but it seems to be a lot longer way to Normaley. One of the gravest injustices done in this world is when gossip is called “idle.” Gossip never appeared on a list of the unemployed yet. ae I ESCRIBING castle life in the Middle a writer says: “There were no books to read, but only stories and songs rendered by some stroiling mummer or minstrel to the listening circle around We of to-day, books or no k to Middle Age ways from Jur “strolling mummer or min- is the radio, ew hit ust have stax that York World. tariff So? How about shaving her neck when she gets her hair bobbed? rd Irving's “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is being prepared for movie audiences. What will you wager that the Headless Horseman, when he pursues Ichabod Crane, will wear chaps and a sombrero? The Headless Horseman” for the movies M anx sult rep goit tro by and hoa Var d situ by my doc stre