Judge, 1923-05-12 · page 6 of 36
Judge — May 12, 1923 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon**: Drawn by Will Griffin, this depicts an "Oil and Gasoline" station (early automobile fuel stop). The caption reads: "I thought Bill was rushing a blond?" "Oh, she dyed!" This is a visual pun playing on "blond" (hair color) versus "dyed" (what happens when someone passes away). The joke relies on misheard dialogue—the speaker misunderstood "dyed" as "blonde," creating a dark humor setup about an automobile accident or death, likely satirizing the dangers of reckless driving ("rushing"). **Lower Content**: "The Eugenics of Esthetics" is a satirical essay criticizing eugenics pseudoscience, using marriage compatibility and aura colors as absurd examples. The accompanying illustration appears to mock fortune-telling and clairvoyance fraud. The page blends automotive-age humor with critique of pseudoscientific fads popular in the early 20th century.
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Drawn The Eugenics of Esthetics* by Louise P. Guyol, Smith °23 HE explanation of the unplea mosphere that envelops many especially when the family is large, often enough when it is small, may be tr: to the discoveries of clairvoyance. actual theory, which I am about to present, is a discovery of my own. It is a theor that has been tested and proved—and does not Oscar Wilde say, “Even things that true can be proved?” My theory must there- fore be true. According to clairvoyants, there eman. from every personality an aura of one defi- nite color, varying with the individual, and ranging from deep purple of a melancholic temperament to delicate scarlet of poe imagination. Hence, every couple plighted to be married should consult a clairvoyant before taking the irrevocable final oath They will thus learn whether their respec- tive aure match or blend, hence whether they are temperamentally congenial. For example, a woman with an olive- green aura should never marry a m whose aura is rose-colored. Such a f: combination has indeed discolored the a mosphere of more houses than one. Though the original match is not unbearable, there is heredity to consider: the children of such a union are bound to suffer. The oldest daughter, perhaps, inherits a vivid crimson from a forbear on her father’s side. The elder son wears an exotic magenta, also a relic of some paternal ancestor. The young- *Or The Esthetics of Eugenics. by Witt Grirrin, Northwestern U “I thought Bill was rushing a blond?” “Oh, she dyed!” est daughter reverts to type, and her a is a glowin nge hue. But further illus- tration is unnecessary. Can you not picture Drawn by D. G., Columbia "25. “Come seven!” the truly horrific results?_ Such a combina- tion of aure could not inhabit the same four walls without swearing hideously and lasphemously. 4 So be warned. Consult a clairvoyant not undertake to mar the harmonious pas of wedded bliss which you, with your | ender aura, might produce if you marry man whose haloing personality is pale pi tate "s a good track man.” printer?” No, hobo.” Chas. J. Lewis, U. ree There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise He bought some hooch when it And waited for a rise. R. B. Smith, Penn State 26 of Wisconsin was che Soph (at seven- in the evening) Shut off tha Frosh morning. Arthur L. Campbell, Penn State '24 run, I didn’t hear it th N.Y. °24 the squirrel wh cause he is going the cls demon gue by Peter G. Denker, C. RTHUR VOTE shakes your to run for some office Jack Talkalot, the this-on-the-phone bo: Harry Huddlecloser, the Romeo who's ways telling you of his women and how never spends a cent on them. B. S. er, the Scandinavian who never ¢! book but is krocking out Felissa MceMush, the about steaks out loud. s-whe herring alway flapper who thinks comicbooks.com