Judge, 1924-10-11 · page 15 of 36
Judge — October 11, 1924 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical humor pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"The Sleeping Potion"** mocks fairy tale logic by having a prince discover the palace sleeps not from enchantment but from a continuously-playing "Bedtime Stories" radio broadcast that no one shut off. The joke critiques both the implausibility of fairy tales and the new intrusion of radio into modern life. **"To a Pretty Lady"** offers cynical courtroom advice: female witnesses should cry to manipulate male jurors rather than appeal to reason—satirizing both courtroom sexism and women's limited legal power. The remaining pieces are brief quips: a warning that stealing kisses leads to marriage (implying matrimony as punishment); a jab at the Metropolitan Opera House's location near Italian restaurants; and domestic humor about a wife's expense being called "a little dear" becoming "a big expense." The bottom exchanges use Irish dialect humor, common in period publications. Overall, the page reflects 1920s-30s anxieties about modernity, gender relations, and marriage.
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The Sleeping Potion HE prince, after the hundred years had passed, had reached the interior of the palace. Everybody was sound asleep. He entered the room where the sleeping rrincess lay; he kissed her but failed to waken her; then he showered her with kisses but still she slept. “Those fairy tale writers must have had the wrong dope,” he grumbled. The whole palace was sleeping— a sleep so deep that no kiss could ever waken it to life. The prince noticed a hum in the air—a murmur as of voices speaking. It seemed to lull him; he was on the point of going to sleep himself but by a mighty effort he roused him- self and followed the sound. “No wonder they slept,” he said. Andhe shut off the loudspeaker that had been telling “Bedtime Stories” all these years. Some one in the long ago had forgotten to shut it off. Instantly the palace woke; and of course it all ended as fairy stories always do: And they lived happily ever afterward. Blaine C. Bigler “Stopping the Show” To a Pretty Lady (As the case may be) AUGH, and the court laughs at you; Weep, and you'll win your case; Say—no twelve men can think again When tears stream down your face. Don’t look at their shrewd, hard faces And figure, “Oh, what’s the use!” Now, listen, daughter—make ’em take water; Just turn on the juice. John Bach Heart Failure Terrible Results of “Petty” Larceny The man who starts in stealing kisses from a pretty girl may find himself serving a life sentence later on in the matrimonial institution! RRR It is claimed that the Metropolitan Opera House is bad!y located for the artists. Nonsense, there are a num- ber of spaghetti houses near by. Gone Up! They were having one of those little spats, so common among mar- ried couples. “And to think,” sniffed the wife, “that when you married me you used to call me a ‘little dear’!” “Perhaps I did,” hubby grimly replied; “but. since then you've developed into a big expense!” PAH Lanigan—Phot did yez do wid yer growler after prohibition wint into effect? Flanigan—Faith, Oi’m still living wid her! 7 comicbooks.com