Judge, 1923-08-11 · page 9 of 36
Judge — August 11, 1923 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two distinct sections: a beach scene cartoon and humorous "fall face furnaces" (satirical grooming devices). **Top Cartoon:** A couple at the beach exemplifies post-WWI leisure culture. The wife's comment—that it's peaceful now that early arrivals have left—satirizes the emerging American vacation phenomenon and crowded resort culture of the 1920s. **Text Snippets:** Scattered commentary mocks contemporary social attitudes: women's fickle preferences (Valentino, dancing), post-war mentality (medals, war stories), and period obsessions (Mah-jongg, cigarettes, flappers). References to "Rudolph Valentino" and "Mah Jongg" confirm 1920s setting. **Bottom Section:** Four humorous fake "furnaces" parody men's grooming and appearance-consciousness: - "Sets-Hill" (bundles/shopping) - "Home Distiller" (drinking) - "Chin-warm/Beard Singe" (facial hair) - "Optibriar" (spectacles) The satire mocks masculine vanity and modern consumer culture during the Jazz Age, suggesting men are as concerned with appearance and gadgets as contemporary society implies.
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Groner Res fs “Isn't it lovely and quiet, dear, now that all the people who came early to avoid the rush have gone home?” hunting or fishing in old clothes, moon- light nights, comfort, harmony, softly shaded lights, ince athletics and a sense of well being, cigarettes and a girl to beg him not to smoke them, an old pipe and the Sunday paper, good dinners, a little attention, pretty girls, sweet girls, clever girls, red-haired girls, good girls and bad girls. They have a variety of moods and are supersensitive beings, constantly — re- quiring our most adroit maneuvering to avoid getting on their nerv re our best friends. often break our hearts, but rarely have the satisfaction of knowing it. They like us to know about their ex- THE NEW FALL FACE FURNACES Get. The “Stets-Hill” for the man with bundles. The Home Distiller—Just let it drip out of the stem. periences in the World War, medals, They do not like listening, Mah Jo Rudolph Valentino, desserts, other men who dance well, the ri Pome ‘ran amateurish piano who oheys high enters itly, middle-aged flappers, playing. tote d the first pug to the r T'll knock you for a “Go on,” second pug. row of banks.” tes Sometimes the shades of our ancestors are too shady. The 7 “Chin-warm,” called the “Beard Singe.” When it comes to reducing —two weeks of the seashore boarding house fare do more than ten months scientific diet in town, ttt Higgs : Do you belong to any secret “Well, T work for the gas:company.? a8 “What's become of your friend who ma ade a fortune out of the war? “He's sitting up nights trying to win a peace prize.” sat Every boy has a chance to be President, and so has every airedale to be Laddie Boy. ~y also The Optibriar for boxes or bleachers, comicbooks.com