Judge, 1923-10-06 · page 12 of 36
Judge — October 6, 1923 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains theater criticism and two separate satirical cartoons: **Top Cartoon**: A "Delegation from Chamber of Commerce" approaches a woman named Salome, asking her to do "publicity work for Sodom and Gomorrah." This satirizes the biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah (cities destroyed for depravity) by treating them as places needing modern promotional marketing—absurdist humor mocking both excessive civic boosterism and moral hypocrisy. **Bottom Cartoon**: A husband enthusiastically shouts "Kill th' umpire!" at a baseball game, but his wife criticizes his aggressive tone, saying she wishes he'd use it with the cook instead. This jokes about masculine behavior—men are passionate and commanding at sports but passive or polite at home, inverting expected domestic hierarchies. The page's text reviews Mrs. Fiske's performance in the play "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary," praising her comic talent despite the stale plot.
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’, Quite Contra which has once 1 staged David B eater in Forty though a fluffy thing, the play is in the main an agreeable toss and catch of wit and humor. It is superior te jority of comedies that Mrs. appeared in in recent y result of its comparative qu: performance in it is proport spiriting. If no actor, however poor, has failed completely in “Hamlet,” no comedienne, however talented ceeded completely in any Th has Suc- uke Up, Johnathan” or “Erstwhile Susan” or > “Dice of the Gods.” w To outline the story of “Mary, Mary, a Quite Contrary” is to outline a’ story as re stale as the play’s title. But this old story Ervine has tricked out and dolled h up with a number of humorous fancies quite his own, and the result is light entertainment of a welcome order. Cer- u tain of the local newspaper reviews of Mrs. Fiske, of course, are as ecstatic as ul mine of Florence Mills. They compare t her with everything from a frieze of Delegation from Chamber of Commerce—What are you doing now, Sa- angels by Michelangelo to a violin con- 1ome? . p certo by Brahms and the cathedral at Salome—Nothing much, why? . a n Rheims (before, not after, the advent of Good! We want you to do a little publicity work for Sodom and W the Germans). Mrs. I have Gomorrah. s said, proves herself on this occasion a refreshing comedienne. Her performance however, fear Teannot go. Tshall have Office Boy—I'd like to go to the ball = is worth your eye. Farther than this, to reserve the frieze of angels by Michel. game, boss. » angelo, the Brahms concerto and the — Employer (amazed) — What? No | Rheims cathedral, as well as all the grandmother dead or anything like i ubiquitous ut dawn suffused by | h the April dew,” for some completely | t talentless but relatively lovely eyefull in baseball fan! Go | I the next “Follies.” sl c if fr a n h h b Hubby—Kill th’ umpire! Wife—Oh, John, I wish you'd use that tone of voice in talking to the cook! 10 comicbooks.com