Judge, 1925-02-28 · page 5 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two distinct items: 1. **"The Nomsky-Trosk"** - A theatrical parody of Russian tragedy, depicting a domestic murder scene with exaggerated violence. A man is thrown through the air while his wife dies below. The satire mocks overwrought Russian dramatic conventions popular in early 20th-century American theater, treating them as absurdly melodramatic. 2. **"Krazy Kracks"** - A small section defining "Metaphor" using simple language, likely aimed at children. 3. **Lower cartoon** - Labeled "The low down of what Nero was really doing while Rome burned," showing Nero fiddling indoors while the city burns outside—a visual punchline reversing the famous historical phrase to suggest Nero engaged in mundane activities during Rome's destruction. The page primarily satirizes theatrical pretension and classical historical clichés.
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The Nomsky-Trospk (A Conventionat Russian Tracepy, Tyrer No. 478) (The scene opens in the hut of Savenoff, a wood cutter, who is slowly perishing of consumption and — plomaine | poisoning. His wife, Olga, is | dying on the kitchen table. Their daughter, Sova, has just died.) Sarenof—I just saw a wolf eating | alamb. (He coughs and blows out | the candle.) | Olga—Petrovitch is coming to beat | you. You must flee. (The door is kicked open and Pet- rovitch enters, revolver in hand. He fires three shots into the bowl of lamb stew on the kitchen table. Savenoff + hands him a cigar and chalks down the score on the walls of the hut.) 2 | Petrovitch— noff, T am going to take your wife with me. She will he the belle of Bucharest. (Savenoff | seizes a knife from the table to stab Petrovitch, but the latter fires from the hip and Savenoff sinks to the floor, dead.) KRALY RAC "five me a sentence with the word Metaphor” “She had a lot of =money—that’s what I metaphor!” Daly 8 poy "Shor nach nary brash pte, — Kip—Just a minute, Katie, an’ I'll tell yer whether the ice is safe fer us. Savenoff (now dead)—Take her then, you dog, and may the curse of a former trap drummer be on your head. (He dies properly.) | Olga—I_ go with you, Petrovitch, but unwillingly. (She coughs her- self into a paroxysm and finally rides off with Petrovitch. Two wolves 1} enter the hut. The moon comes out. | Sleigh bells sound in the distance. i Then three shots and Olga dashes \j back into the cabin and throws her- | i self on the dead bodies of her hus- | band, daughter and wolves.) Olga (pleasantly, her mind now being gone)—I just saw the loveliest Georgette crepe summer dress in Stakelsky’s Department Store. | | CURTAIN | | ~ Arthur L. Lippmann | by j | i i sae | i | | Hot) Slag “George, dear, the moths are — | i getting into our bathing suits. | The low down of what Nero was really doing while Rome burned. Hadn't we better go to Palm Beach?” i] comicbooks.com