Judge, 1925-05-23 · page 29 of 36
Judge — May 23, 1925 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a **film review** of two movies alongside a **cigarette advertisement** and a **cartoon joke**. The main text critiques "Chickie," a silent film about a virtuous stenographer whose happy ending—marrying a district attorney after various romantic entanglements—the reviewer finds morally problematic. The critic argues such endings undermine religious values by suggesting sin goes unpunished. The **Fatima Turkish Cigarettes advertisement** uses the slogan "What a whale of a difference just a few cents make," playing on product cost differentiation as a selling point. The **cartoon at bottom** shows a burglar confronting a man, with the caption "I say, buzz off—I'm not a bit in the mood for burglars." This is wordplay humor: the man claims he's not receptive to burglary, treating the crime as an unwanted social intrusion rather than a serious threat—a absurdist joke typical of Judge's satirical style. The page reflects 1920s concerns about cinema's moral influence alongside period advertising practices.
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