Judge, 1925-06-20 · page 10 of 36
Judge — June 20, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This is a humor page from *Judge* magazine featuring three separate comedic sketches: **Top cartoon**: A couple on a hot night—she complains it's not the heat but the "bromidity" (a dated term for dull, trite conversation). The joke mocks small talk and boredom in relationships. **"Sketches from a Sanitarium"**: A wife helps her husband choose a suit, asking if he's seen "all the cheriots" (likely "chariot"—unclear reference). He replies he's seen them and the "worsted's yet to come" (wordplay: "worst is" + the fabric "worsted"). This appears to be about marital shopping frustrations. **"Beach Combings"**: A column of etiquette advice by Arthur L. Lippmann offering satirical rules for beach behavior—mocking men who make tactless remarks to women about swimming form or weight, censors policing one-piece bathing suits, and people acting foolishly around water. The humor targets both male rudeness and rigid social conventions of the era.
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He—I suppose my conversation bores you on such a hot night? Sun—It isn't the heat, it's the bromidity. Beach Combings Ww S the girl you're teaching to swim asks you if you think her swimming form is all right, don’t say. “Oh, you'll be rounded out hy the end of the summer!" ‘That isn’t why she asked you! Remember, a peach on the beach is worth tw nthe boardwalk especially: if have a big opaque heach umbrella, When leading a fat girl into the surf never remark, “Gee, how the tides is rising. Three thousand, Hit hundred and seventy-six men were drowned for making — this utterance at Palm Beach last winter. You'll soon discover that not all of the crabs are to be found in’ the water when a few censors pipe the one-piece bathing suits, Just because a girl wears water- wings, she isn't necessarily an angel. Just because vou can swim under SKETCHES FROM A SANTTPARIUM water isn't any reason for acting Wire (helping to choose a suit) — Has he en you all the cheriots? like a poor fish! Heustasp—Yes—and the worsted’« yet to cor Arthur L. Lippmann comicbooks.com