Judge, 1925-01-31 · page 28 of 36
Judge — January 31, 1925 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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**The Top Cartoon:** A satirical drawing titled "How to Relieve Congestion—Two-family automobiles" depicts two double-decker buses/automobiles stacked vertically, crammed with passengers. This is visual satire on urban traffic and overcrowding—the "solution" of stacking vehicles is absurdly impractical, mocking contemporary proposals for solving city congestion problems. **The Text:** Theater reviews heavily criticizing two Broadway plays: "Milgrim's Progress" and "Jack in the Pulpit" (by Gordon Morris). The reviewer dismisses them as "rubbish de luxe"—fancy garbage. He also satirizes popular entertainers Tommy Lyman and Al Jolson, using exaggerated language ("steams and gurgles"). **The Bottom Cartoon:** Shows art students drawing from a live model in a life-drawing class. The caption jokes that after censorship authorities gained power to restrict such classes, students must work frantically to study anatomy while they can—suggesting contemporary debates over censorship of nude modeling in art education. The page reflects 1920s concerns: urban infrastructure problems, Broadway quality, and artistic freedom versus censorship.
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The Gross Schauspielhaus (Continued from page 17) humorous in a secondary role. The men, like so many of our Broadway actors, all bought themselves new clothes and haberdashery in prepara- tion for their réles and let it go at that. I “\ficcrim’s Procress,” which I = touchingly described in these hallowed pages a few weeks ago, now has a little brother. The little brother's name is “Jack in’ the Pulpit,” and Gordon Morris is its papa. Everything that I said about the earlier play may be said about this later one. In combination, they win the season's booby sweep- stakes, The Morris exhibit, like ‘Mil- grim’s Progress,” is rubbish de luxe. ‘The only moments that it shows any merit whatsoever are during the in- termissions. When the curtain is up the proceedings are of a sort to instill in one an eminently sour woe. The play is written with all the skill and suavity of a strong-man adver- tisement. It tells the story of a crook who, by the terms of his rich aunt's will, has to take charge of a small country church, and of his eventual reformation. The acting and stage direction are something rare to behold. HOW TO RELIEVE CONG STION Two-family automobiles Unless I am greatly mistaken, all the verbs in the above paragraphs should be in the past tense. I HERE are two popular ditty sing- ing professors who stand out from all the others. One of them is the illustrious Tommy Lyman, who draws more persons down into Sullivan street than even the re- markably toothsome ravioli; — the other, as you have already guessed, is the great Dr. Al Jolson. The affable Doctor is currently on view in the Winter Garden in a show called “Big Boy.” He has never been in finer fettle. by virtue of his presence, has a Corona Corona Corona Corona ever tasted better in the Winter Garden. Jolson’s manner of singing a song is that of a boiler in a sentimental mood. He steams and gurgles; he gives forth considerable moisture, Art students studying anatomy in the life class after the censors hate absolute power. 26 comicbooks.com