Judge, 1925-02-21 · page 6 of 36
Judge — February 21, 1925 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains humor pieces and advertisements rather than political commentary. **"Marx of Humor"** is Julius H. Marx's essay defending his humorous writing, dismissing misconceptions that professional humorists are thin, cadaverous types. He claims his jokes come from popular joke books rather than original wit. **"The Only Way"** is a poem (attributed to Cyrano) humorously listing financial desperation—selling family valuables to buy Broadway theater tickets. **The cartoons** show: 1. A tap dancer doing acrobatics over a wash basin 2. A radio competition scene where a theater manager presents a contestant ("Profits") to what appears to be a radio demon or operator The advertisements include "Krazy Krack" sonatas and other period marketing. Overall, this is light entertainment rather than political satire.
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The toe dancer takes in the wash, The Only Way O" Some evening in the twilight I shall sell the family flivver, T shall hock the famil T'll pawn our tapestries; I shall sell the family mansion with silver and | a self-accusing shiver | And T'll liquidate our liquor for | excessive guaranties. T shall sell my costly wardrobe and then I'm going to try to Hock the family heirlooms—every single one must go— | And with the total proceeds why I'm going to go and buy two Tickets for the opening night of any New York show! KRALY MRACKS C4 “Your sonata be PE a wnior in college by now." Judae pays $5 for each krazy krack printed. Lo. THEATRICAL MANAGER. Marx of Humor Ts is the first time T have ever attempted to write a humorous article for a magazine. Now, after looking that paragraph over, I feel encouraged, it's not bad; there are chemical traces of humor in it, nothing sensational, mind you, but traces of something that if kept up will make this rticle. Here this letter is still in its in- fancy, and I have about run out of aterial. Iocan think of lots of gloomy things, my visit’ to. the dentist the inroads. radio is making into the gross receipts of the show business, the money [ owe my wife for last month's rent, but nothing real humorous. It’s a funny thing the pe pressions the average layman has about professional humorists. In- variably they visualize them as lean, cadaverous, skulking creatures, with pencil and paper, ever on the alert for the elusive joke, pun and whatnot, that they can incorporate in’ their story or play. As far as I am personally con- cerned this isa myth, a fallacy with- out any foundation. I get all of my jokes out of the popular joke books and I find they are immeasurably better than any I could possibly think of. Julius H, Marx “Spare my child!” comicbooks.com