Judge, 1925-03-07 · page 32 of 36
Judge — March 7, 1925 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **administrative content and theater criticism** rather than political satire. The main cartoon depicts a **club scene** where a nervous new member admits to a card player that he's never played bridge—a common social anxiety joke about unfamiliar pastimes among the wealthy. The lengthy article "Judging for Judge" reviews a theatrical production, praising its competent staging while quoting Professor William A. Brady's famous complaint that theater is constantly being "ruined." Brady's list of culprits is satirical: he blames everything from actors' unions and jazz dancing to prohibition, golf, and mah-jong—essentially blaming modern entertainment and social changes for theater's decline. The satire targets **nostalgia and complaint culture**: Brady reflexively blames contemporary society rather than acknowledging any actual theatrical merit or change in audience taste. This reflects 1920s anxieties about modernity undermining traditional entertainment. The page also includes contributor guidelines and a crossword puzzle solution, showing Judge's mixed content approach.
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Notice to Judge Contributors O MANUSCRIPTS will be re- N tured unless accompanied by stamped and addressed return envelope, and owing tothe thousands of contributions sent into this office each week, it is impossible to enter into personal correspondence regard- ing them. Juoce has been swamped with KRAZY KRACKS AND FUNNY- BONES. So do not enclose postage as they will not be returned. As there are very many cases of duplication the first available one recetved will be accepted. For prompt attention address manuscripts, in separate envelopes to the following departments Manuscripts—Literary Editor of Juoce, Krazy Kracks — Krazy Krack Editor of Juocr Funnybones—Funnybone Editor of Jupcr, Crossword Puzzles — Crossword Puzzle Editor of Juncr, ©27 West 43d Street, New York City SOLUTION for PICTURE PUZZLE which appeared in last week's issue of | nr ao - 4 | | | JUDGE And Next Week Do Your Setting Up Exercises | OVER THE | Physical Culture NUMBER of JUDGE | — ee | Club Member (keen pla: never tried! Judging for Judge (Continued from page 17) fellow heroically says nix and, in a moist finale, gives her over to her undamaged beau. Plainly enough, the kind of tale upon which the fortunes of the house of Street & Smith have been reared. Yet the present playwright has contrived to spin the venerable tale with a minimum of banalit Robert Mil- ton has staged the manuscript in y including ald Mason vearn their salaries anley Loga very respectably. Il M«: Wintiam A. Brapy will be i recalled as the manager who jumps up and makes a speech every time he sees an ice water pitch Professor Brady's favorite t the Ruin of the Theate cording to the good professor, the theater is being completely. ruined —Do you play bridg Nercous New Member—Er—well—I—I hardly k —you see, I've —Passing Show (Landon) by one thing or another every other day in the year, with special ruina- tion matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays. This ruination of the heen brought about, sssor Brady, by ev thing from Erlanger to the movies and from the Shuberts to the radio, Other agents that hav ne tributed to the complete ruination of the theater, argues the professor, are actors’ imions, —stagehands’ unions, musicians’ unions, ticket speculators, jazz dancing, prohibi- tion, crossword puzzles, traffie con. ditions, bootlegging roadhouses, golf, the phonograph, reduced railroad rates to Atlantic City, mah jong late dinner parties, the high rentals of theater buildi Chin: town sight-seeing buses, condit in the booking offices, th F the Gulf Strea' and a hundred or so similar things. dually being ly announces the professor. “We must do all we “The theater is killed,” melodramati comicbooks.com