Judge, 1923-09-15 · page 29 of 36
Judge — September 15, 1923 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct pieces: **"A 'Pug' with the Swells"** is a boxing story satirizing class differences. A working-class fighter called "Pug" fights an upper-class boxer named Harry at an exclusive club. Despite Pug's aggressive street-fighting style, Harry's refined technique and discipline prevail—he knocks Pug out in the second round. The humor lies in the contrast: Pug's raw brutality loses to Harry's cultivated skill, and even Pug's trainer (a former Navy boxer) respects Harry's superior training. The implied message mocks the notion that working-class toughness beats genteel education. **The main advertisement** promotes a decorative lamp designed by artist Mary Bishop. The Decorative Arts League paid $2,500 for the original design at a 1923 competition, then sells replicas for $5.90—a stunning markup justified as supporting artistic excellence and fair production methods. This is essentially an appeal to readers' aspirational taste and willingness to fund "art" at premium prices. Both pieces reflect 1920s values: class hierarchy, the appeal of cultural refinement, and commercialized aesthetics.
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No Purses Involved (Continued from page 3) Muller retaliates with a wallop that isn’t so gentle either. Reilly begins to lose his temper and smacks Muller right on the nose. The blood begins to flow. Muller's goat flows out with it. He measures his man and aims for the mouth. The hlow lands and Reilly's dentistry is shy an incisor. There it is on the floor the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth. Reilly surveys it ruefully. Then he regards Muller grimly. There is murder in his heart. He tears into his man and soon they are having it out all over the place. In ten minutes they hoth have black eyes. Don’t be horrified reader; and don’t try to stop ‘em. Re- member, it’s just a “friendly” fight. For Oil, P . 161% Inches Gas or é High—Shade Glectric- B 4 13 Inches ity 7 oa Diameter WE cortex wonder why: people. are so keen about ringside seats. We'll | grant they provide the best view of the |} ring; but does that mean that a man sitting there has a better time than the | »# in the gallery? No—not if the is like that picturesque topmost Madison Square Garden. ‘There's to sit! If the fight in the ring ou, that’s nothing to worry about. There are fights going on all around you: you pick out the best one and spend your time watching it. We've seen some darned good battles in Madison Square Garden and most of ’em took place in those lofty battlements. was A “Pug” with the Swells (Continued from page 11) “Pug” began to rush and strike out | savagely bringing both left and right | into play. But he could not land a tell- ing blow. Harry parried, blocked, side- stepped and ducked every defensive skill he displayed was marveled at by the knowing in while it puzzled “Pug” it: served only increase his fury. This sort of play ce tinued until the bell announced the end of the first round. As the men came together for the second—Harry, wary and self-possessed, “Pug” with determination and wrath— “Pug” swung with his right, leaving a wide-open mark. So fast that the eye could hardly follow his movement, Harry blocked and countered with a terrific left i “Pug” went down id to the world. The chairman counted ten, and “Pug” was still inert. His trainer carried him to his corner and in a moment called for a doctor. A physician, a member of the club, responded and began the work of resuscitation. Like so many events of the kind, the show was over before it had fairly started. The audience was in a tumult. Harry, without a mark of the battle, donned his be and stood waiting. 1g” came to slowly. As he strug- gled to breathe he caught sight of Harr, and turning to his trainer ask« 7 is dat guy, anyv Z “De doctor, ied his trainer “ he’s been a sailor in de Navy, bo, an’ dat he was de fleet champ. Dey called | him ‘Knockout’ Gates!” Why the Decorative Arts League Paid $2,500 for This Lamp in Order to Sell Replicas of It t for Only $5.90 ARIE D ¥ | Price the WCost Amazing Point of All The price of the Mary Bi of all articles t DECORATIVE ARTS LEAGUE, Gallery at 505 Fifth Avenue, w York, NX. Check whether ¥ sil the Postman $5.90, plus the postage when delivered tory 7 can return the lamp within five days of receipt and you are to refund my moncy 1 Gas Signed Oil Street or R. F. D. Electricity City comicbooks.com