Judge, 1925-02-14 · page 5 of 36
Judge — February 14, 1925 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon ("His Faux Pas"):** An actress confronts her theater manager about being called "the peerless actress" on billboards. She boasts of having "as many peers chasing after me in London as any other American actress"—a joke about her popularity with admirers rather than critical acclaim. The satire mocks actresses' vanity and the gap between promotional hype and actual talent. **Bottom Cartoon:** "Ingenious Jones" hires a chauffeur to solve his parking problem, satirizing early automobile-era urban congestion. The crowded scene around the car suggests that hiring a driver doesn't actually solve the fundamental parking shortage—a commentary on ineffective solutions to modern city problems. Both pieces use humor about performance and automobiles, typical Judge magazine fare.
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\ His FAUX PAS Actress—On the billboards you call me “the peerless actress.” Manacer—Well, what about it? “LT want you to understand that I had as many peers chasing after me in London as any other American actress." Good Place for It “Of happiness we'd get a lot.” Quoth one who knew his lines, “Tf half the gilt on mining stock Were put on valentine: Wm. S. Adkins Wisdom “H {ere are two paths,” to the fool. “One cess; the other to failure. Choos said Fate ads to suc And the fool, guessing blindly, chose wrongly. “Two paths lie before you,” said Fate to the wise man. ‘Make your choice.” And the man of wisdom, employing Ingenious Jones, despairing of ever finding a place to park, hires as chauffeur’ _ all the rules of logic, also chose the the vaudeville strong man. wrong path. Charles G. Shaw comicbooks.com