Judge, 1925-08-01 · page 21 of 36
Judge — August 1, 1925 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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**Top Section - "The Reel Stuff":** Carroll Carroll reviews current movies in vogue (circa early 1920s based on titles like "Don Q, Son of Zorro" and "Beggar on Horseback"). This is straightforward film criticism, not satire. **Main Cartoon - "Yes and Nose":** The large illustration depicts a woodpecker outside a bedroom window. The accompanying text suggests recommending the film "The Happy Warrior" (based on A.S.M. Hutchinson's novel) to friends, then claiming it faithfully adapts the book—though the author suspects it doesn't. The joke: you score a social point by confidently praising something you haven't actually verified, exploiting others' unfamiliarity with the source material. **Bottom Cartoon:** A manager confronts employee "Smith" about ignoring efficiency systems. Smith replies that "somebody has to get the work done," suggesting tension between bureaucratic procedure and practical productivity—a common 1920s workplace satire theme about management versus actual labor. The page mixes light social humor with gentle workplace criticism typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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[DDDDD0D0DD0D0DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD0D0000000F00000000000000 The Reel Stuf? By Carroll Carroll Those Now in Vogue Don Q, Son of Zorro—Hot Doug! Beggar on Horseback—If you don’t like it I'll be mad. Kivalina of the Icelands— The home life of the Eskimo. Paths of Paradise — Ray- mond Griffith amusingly trots the primrose. The Auful Truth—I should say so! Passionate Youth — Balder- dash, whatever that is. Grounds for Divorce—And other more desperate actions. The Mad Whirl—Anti-this- generation sermon No. 46,903, series X. The Lady Who Lied—Tell me how it ended. Well—never mind. Yes and Nose ow that the winter is N only about six months off, it might be a good idea to tell you a swell game to play as the snow gently breaks the window panes in its fluffy, blusterous fury, and the fire crackles gayly in the apartment house across the street as “‘fire- men battle mammoth blaze.” Go to a movie, for example, “The Happy Warrior,” which was made from A. S. M. (did I get them all in?) Hutchinson’s book of the same name. Now call your friends on the phone and tell them to come over and spend the evening, but to please stop at a delicatessen store on the way and bring along some supper. When they arrive inquire of one after an- other if they have read “The Happy Warrior.” They will all say no. Then tell them that you think “The Happy Warrior” must be a perfectly dandy screen version of it for it seems to adhere very closely to what the book might have said. This scores one point for you. (Continued on page 28) 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 L If that industrious little woodpecker looked the way he sounds outside your bedroom window, on week-end mornings. Manager—I am afraid you are ignoring our efficiency systems, Smith. Smith—Perhaps so, sir, but somebody has to get the work done! —Passing Show comicbooks.com