Judge, 1925-06-06 · page 18 of 36
Judge — June 6, 1925 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page contains theatrical humor from what appears to be the 1920s. The top cartoons mock vaudeville performers with ethnic stereotypes typical of that era: one joke plays on "Indian Squaw" as a punchline about reservations, while another references "Eskimo Pie" (a then-popular brand) as an insult about coldness. The main article reviews a Cecil DeMille play called "The Loves of Lulu" at a Broadway theater. The writer notes the audience laughed so hard—sarcastically—that neighbors thought someone had been hit by a car. He compares this to a famous incident years prior at the Irving Place Theater during "The Weavers," when a child actress accidentally dropped something intimate on stage. The satire targets both the pretentious dramatic production and the audience's evident mockery of it. The separate Will Rogers cartoon jokes about solving economic depression by removing radios from farmers—absurdist political humor suggesting government solutions are equally ridiculous.
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