Judge, 1923-05-26 · page 5 of 36
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# "On With the Dance" - Judge Magazine Satire This page satirizes 1920s marathon culture through absurdist humor. The top illustration shows dancers in increasingly ridiculous and exhausted poses, mocking the era's dangerous endurance contests—particularly dance marathons that caused public health concerns. The text references real record-breakers like William Jennings Doodle's 338-hour non-stop talking marathon and competitive typewriter speed records. The satire targets the obsessive record-breaking mania of the Jazz Age, where contestants pushed dangerous physical limits for publicity and prize money. "The Party Wire" cartoon below comments on gossip and socialite scandal-mongering with the caption "Don't tell anyone"—ironically, given it's published widely. Overall, the page ridicules contemporary excess and the public's fascination with pointless endurance spectacles.
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ig, ow On With the Dance by Stanley C. Dearstyne MANY MARATHONS ‘SE PUBLIC TO HIGH PITCH \ new non- 58 hours and 16 minutes established here in Futility Hall by William Jennings Doodle at $ p.m. this afternoon. This breaks the previous record of 358 hours, 15 minutes and 27 seconds, the result of the articulations of Prof. Nicholas Murray Puffer. Mr. Doodle hasn't stopped yet either. Mr. Doodle’s subject. was “Oysters and Morality.” He declared that oysters are moral, for they n mention evolu- tion or touch alcoholic beverages, and we should all try to be more like oysters. Wit 4 p.m., according to the official Doodle smilingly observed: ep right on talking!” The heard he still was. At 4.15 his sixth audience was carried out while pandemonium reigned. “I feel fit as : he asserted to JupGE’s - cial correspondent during the interim. When audience No. 7 appeared Mr. ‘ Doodle gave it a tremendous ovation. % “Keep on Taukinc”! Wuooptne Coven, Aniz., June 1 ee All records have been shattered in the *,. best-seller-writing marathon which broke : out in this city two weeks ago. Accord- ing to the latest reports Harold Bell Wrott now Is the field, having used 5 sheets of paper eight inches 4,4, and worn out five typew Penoene Dr. Frank Pain s 5 18, “ ” however, pressing him tbe, with 249,988 ‘As ye sow, so shall ye reap! shects. Dr. Pain’s fourth typewriter broke down early this morning. concentrating, it is alleged, on essays About the only solution to the Ruhr The sixteen novels which Wrott wrote full of patriotism and purity. coalfield matter is for Henry Ford to make A FEW WEEKS LATER during the first week of the contest are “I have only just started to write,” them an offer. the newsstands and one of Neath, asserted when interviewed soe » Winnie of the Woolly special repre- “Pig better to have loved and lost than stern Wastes,” has so far netted him s Pain said nothing, but to have gotten married. 000,000 in royalties. Dr. Pain is smiled morally. Drawn by JOHAN BULL. THE PARTY WIRE “Don’t tell anyone.” 3 comicbooks.com