Judge, 1925-11-21 · page 9 of 40
Judge — November 21, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three satirical pieces: 1. **"Optimist" cartoon** (top): Shows chaos during roller skating season—people colliding, belongings flying everywhere. The optimist's comment that "the roller skating season is over" is darkly ironic given the visible destruction, satirizing blind optimism despite obvious problems. 2. **"Who steals my purse" section** (left): A Shakespeare parody listing the trivial contents of a lady's purse—lipstick, powder puff, nail file, etc.—satirizing women's accessories and materialism of the era. 3. **"Judge Nominates for the Hall of Fame"** (center): Features George Washington, praising him for saving artist Gilbert Stuart money on model fees, avoiding slogans, and—notably—not exploiting the cherry-tree legend for personal gain (unlike "present-day auto-picknickers"). This satirizes modern celebrities who commercialize their images. 4. **"Serenade"** (right): A humorous poem parodying romantic serenades, ending with the practical joke that the serenader left his key inside—deflating romantic pretension with mundane reality.
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trash.”—Shakespeare. And he who steals a lady’s purse steals: A lipstick. A powder puff. An eyebrow pencil. A nail file. Three nickels. Four pennies. A shopping list. A lead pencil. A key. | Aring. | Three two-cent stamps. | together.) | Ahanderkerchief. (Much chewed.) (Stuck Three buttons. Three or four kinds of powder. (Spilled.) Three frat pins. FUNNYBOVES The last word*in a radio set— brazrrkptk ¢%! | of nature. ‘Judge pays 85 for each one printed Optimist—Well, well! “Were steals my purse steals ~~ Jupce Nominates for the Hall of Fame WASHINGTON EcavsE he saved Gilbert Stuart a great deal of model hire; be- | cause if it hadn’t been for him we would now be eating our break- fast eggs through a little hole in the top; because he did it all without a slogan; but most of all because, unlike our present-day auto-picknickers, he didn’t lay his cherry-chopping episode to a love It's nice the roller skating season is over, isn’t it? Serenade O» coME unto your window, sweet, And hearken to my song. Swing wide the darkened casement, sweet; Pray, do not tarry long. Oh, chide me not in anger, sweet, Nor sulk to find me here; But gaily, lightly come, my sweet, And ope your window, dear. Forsake for me your bed, my love. Leave other times for sleep. Oh, keep me not awaiting, love, While here my watch I keep. But come unto your window, love; No longer, darling, hide. For it’s raining like the deuce, my love, And I left the key inside. Howard Cushman Vicious” “Ye gods and little vicious!” 7 comicbooks.com