Judge, 1922-12-23 · page 3 of 36
Judge — December 23, 1922 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page combines humor and advice content typical of early Judge issues. The central illustration shows "Uncle Seth gets a bathrobe for Xmas"—a jolly, rotund elderly man in a patterned robe, likely a recurring character providing folksy wisdom. The left column features "The Brownstone Brain" by John D. McCallister, satirizing narrow-minded wealthy people living in fashionable brownstone townhouses. It mocks their pretentiousness and suggests such minds are filled with "out-of-date furniture and junk." The right side includes light poetry and a advice column ("Two Girls Dancing") with humorous exchanges about romance and marriage. The overall tone is genteel satire directed at upper-class affectations and domestic relations—typical Judge content mixing social commentary with entertainment for an educated, affluent readership.
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COMBINE D LES LIe’S WEEKL “Twas the Saint before Christmas’* See “Gio. Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” A Daysy Thought Two Girls Dancing aa Easter comes it falls on Sun- by May Williams Ward MY* ROOMMATE dances like 4 flame in the wind, i r el I, like a stiff staff bending; But { lirists (little girls’ and We sway together with arms entwined Aust clwass tallsupenie Toys: And do a deal of ‘pretending. dav. 4 Far away is her misty glance . aie As she thinks of her own dear lad, The Brownstone 2 And I pretend Tam clasped as we Brain dance by John Bett Master - By the lover I never have had, eae THE brownstone mind aan f Mrs. Bordon—I was a fool when * I married you. ight up an dome Bordon—And yet some people say with vateen, front: step 5 happiness comes from marrying our trance slip on the. ice, Opps: It reached the height of . its development about Jimmy—Have a a pinch o” snuff? > brownstone mind Waldo—No, I norphous, ps ! ; thank you. I ruse it. Aintcha wise? others that surround it, ) ewe i It makes you for it never stands alone, on J x sneeze in school. but is supported on each : Then teacher'll side by a row of others 7) send you home till you get well of your cold.” never falls on Prey oery plush to keep the w tae from seeing what is g / Fat Girl--T have on within; but inside ‘ an appetite like a there is likely not . canary. . except perhaps Thin Girl —Yes 1 any brownstone ~ ¢ ' you have! You minds — are ‘ F mat i ar houses, but the boarders sl - eat Specks iabce are cheap and seldom stay vi long. Almost all brown- j ‘ ? —This stone minds are hook contends that filled with out-of- . with oppo- date — furniture | f ite chasaetirtatizs and junk. —F > make the happi- It is along way 7 est marri: . to the top of ‘ Bro brownstone mind, Zz : why I'm looking and the upperstory for a girl with is often quite empty, Uncle Seth gets a bathrobe for Xmas. plenty of money.