Judge, 1924-01-26 · page 2 of 37
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# Judge Magazine Contest No. 4 (1924) This page features a humor contest, not political satire. The magazine offered a $25 prize for readers to submit a clever "second line" to complete a joke. The illustration shows two women in an ornate interior setting. According to the caption, Mrs. Catt (likely women's suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt) says to Mrs. Noorough: "My people were one of the first families of Virginia." The contest invites readers to supply a witty comeback or response. The joke appears to play on class pretension and social hierarchy—Mrs. Catt's boast about prestigious ancestry invites ridicule. Entries closed February 5, 1924, with winners announced in the March 8 issue. This represents Judge magazine's typical early-20th-century format mixing editorial cartoons with reader-participation humor contests.
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JUDGE'S 50-50 CONTEST No. 4 Can you originate a clever second line for this joke? UDGE will award a prize of $25 for the cleverest second line in the conversa- tion below. Study the situation, the charac- ters, and their ex- pressions, and then write the funniest, snappiest second line you can think of. In case two or more persons submit the same winning line, $25 will be awarded to each. Any reader of Judge may com- pete. Any number of lines may be sub- mitted but none will be returned. No. 4 Contest closes Feb. 5, 1924. The winning answer will appear in Judge of the issue © of March 8, 1924 and check will be mailed to the Prize Winner on that date. In the meantime, No. 5 will appear next week. Write one line on a postcard, sign your name and mail to Fifty-fifty Editor of Judge, 627 West 43d Street, New York City. All answers to be considered must be received not later than February Sth, 1924. Mrs. Catt—My people were one of the first families of Virginia Mrs. Noovough— JUDGE, Volume 86, January 26, 1924. Ente Publishes Weekly and 1928 by L ie udge ( er. October 21, 1881 at the Post-Office at New York City, N. ¥.: under Act of March 3, 1879. $5.00 a year Douglas H. Cooke, Vice-Pre fy 627 West 484. Stree 1Se a es.: E. J. McDonnell, Treas.; W. D. Green, Secreta New York, NvY comicbooks.com