Judge, 1924-10-18 · page 19 of 36
Judge — October 18, 1924 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page reviews theatrical productions from the early 20th century. The main cartoons illustrate scenes from plays: **"The Dream Girl"** (top right): Shows a dramatic scene with dialogue about souls and "fallen arches"—likely a pun satirizing the play's pretentious spiritual themes. **"Cross and Trabuc, Keith's"** (center): Depicts a couple's conversation where the woman refuses to marry a liar. The reviewer criticizes the playwright Richman for recycling tired dramatic clichés about moral reformation and redemption. **"The Far Cry"** (referenced in text): The reviewer mocks this play's heavy-handed moralizing—suggesting that if American playwrights handled spiritual themes, audiences would riot and destroy any sentimental décor (embroidered screens with storks). The satire targets early 1900s theatrical sentimentality and predictable plots. The tone suggests Judge's readers appreciated sharp criticism of overwrought drama that preached morality through melodrama rather than genuine wit or originality.
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rd and James Rennie in *s that? verts, sir. 1 couvert Cross and Trabuc, Keith's. She—T wouldn't marry a man who lied her head on her father's bosom, cries that the devil of a good time she had was all the bunk and that henee- forth she is going to go in y of atonement for his quarter of cleven hokum reformation, he takes f out into the woodshed, bend er and, with a firm right hand, give himself a large spanking. “The Far Cry” is, up to the time for housekeeping, be a nice ¢: 4 girl the rest of her life and it goes to pieces, worth seeing. Mar- \¥ goto heaven when she dic galo Gillmore is surprisingly com- It is quite disturbing, inasmuch as what \ has preceded has been truthfully obs t and faithfully reported drama. Richman is D “r get the idea from my refer- a talented playwright. He has my respect. ence to “The Little Angel” that Having my respect, I recommend that, by it would make an excellent serial for petent in the role of the central girl. and bac! “That's fallen arch “The Dream Girl” “What is it when our souls go back and back i the St. Nicholas Magazine. ‘Tru enough, were such a theme handled by th American playwright, even a child of ten would Tet out a how! of impatience and promptly kick over any screen in the house that had a stork embroidered or inted on it. But the Thin He laughs at his own plot and hence makes it the food of ami is no such sap dle diversion, The first act has much delightful (Continued on page 26)