Judge, 1925-04-25 · page 7 of 36
Judge — April 25, 1925 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising rather than political satire**. The dominant content is a full-page ad for "Dr. Lawton's Automatic Waistline Reducer"—a corset-like device claiming to automatically reduce body size without effort. The small cartoon on the left, "The Fable of the Broadway Hit," is a satirical story about theatrical management, mocking how producers assemble shows from disparate acts (acrobats, comedians, chorus girls). The moral critiques the formulaic nature of Broadway revues—comparing plot construction to cemetery burial, suggesting such plots lack originality and life. The page also contains notices to contributors and a Popular Radio magazine advertisement. The weight-reduction ad reflects early 20th-century consumer culture's obsession with body modification through dubious products.
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| Vanishing Cream. | The Fable of the Broad- | way Hit NCE upon a time there was a road shows went broke and he had under contract the following: One imitator of birds and beasts; ne operatic prima donna; two toe two Ger- eight: acrobats; man comedians; one Trish eighty-five chorus girls; & chorus men, a female impersonatot plots. He took the ten good plots to the river and gently dropped them in daa two carl . | ‘Then he returned, assembled his i company and produced a revue. d On the second night of the revue one - of the plots who had escaped drown- 7 ing managed to get back stage and dd almost succeeded in getting into the t revuc. This worried the r ger | very much, so he had the plot iso- 4 lated. but being a particularly ag- | oF uressive plot, it came back several 1. times. ry Finally, in desperation, and after manager made an exception and when the show went onthe road he allowed a tiny part of the plot to creep in. Two weeks later he was bankrupt. the revue was well established, the | Moral: A plot in a revue is like a plot in a cemetery. It’s the end. ACL. L. | y Near-sicutep Oto Lavy—Is that | the head-cheese over there? | CLenk—No, ma'am—that's one of GET RID OF THIS With No Effort at All! unch! Here is the easiest way in the to rid yourself of that uscle inviting, health - menac imply wear DR. LAWTON’S Automa stline Reducer—and the flabby fle at mars your figure will vanish AUTO- MATIC ALLY! DR. LAWTON’S AUTOMATIC WAISTLINE REDUCER For Men and Women Hour by hour, with every breath you take and every step y Reducer's \V Applicator mas Satisfaction Assured Sold under guarantee bond of absolute satisfaction Write to Dr. Money back if you do not like it Lawton for convincing Hterature and price 7. Dr. ‘Thomas Lawton Dept. 62-1, “19 West 70th Street New York City Send me complete de- scription of Dr. Lawton’s Auto- / mat Waistline Reducer and tell how pw it is priced This / obligates me in no way whatever A) / Dear sic We also make our reducer hip- }¢ length corset e form for women. rf Name 7 street | town SER Pliable Notice to Judge mallsiedland? Contributors R < O MANUSCRIPTS will be re- Opute Radio) | N turned unless accompanied by LE ilted by KENDALL BANNING vay | stumped and addressed return envclope, and owing to the thousands iat of contributions sent into this office cach week. it is impossible to enter into personal correspondence regurd- ing them. Jupcre has been swamped with KRAZY KRACKS and FUNNY- BONES. So do not enclose postage as they will not be returned. are very many cases of duplicatiot the first available one received will be accepted. For prompt attention address manuscripts, in separate envelopes to the following departments In this Issue — Manuscripts—Literary Editor of Jupet Krazy Kracks — Krazy Editor of Juvcr Funnybones—Funnybone Editor of Jupce, Crossword Puzzles — Crossword Puzzle Editor of Juoct 627 West 43d Street, New York City Progress, thrills and true romance, the practical things and technique of RADIO are all best told each month in POPULAR RabIO, the world’s greatest radio maga: edited by Kendall Banning. subscribers may send One Dollar ‘ne next 5 issues, to POPULAR RADIO, Krack | Ms assistants! 627 West 43d Street, New York City comicbooks.com