Judge, 1925-11-28 · page 5 of 36
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# "Our Guest" from Judge Magazine This humorous story depicts a drunk houseguest whose arrival creates domestic chaos. The narrative (left) describes his initial stumble, unsteadiness, and subsequent destructive behavior—knocking out a window pane, breaking furniture, and attempting to play piano while intoxicated. The sequential illustrations (top right) show his increasingly embarrassing conduct, including removing his coat and vest while attempting to bow to his hostess in what appears to be mockery of "Patagonian" social customs—a satirical reference to primitive or uncouth behavior. The final scene shows him being loaded into an ambulance while the mortified hosts explain to neighbors this was merely an unfortunate incident, not a formal social gathering. The satire targets intoxicated guests and their capacity for domestic destruction during social visits.
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Our Guest 'E CERTAINLY had our hands full with him. The first thing he did upon enter- ing the house was to trip over the carpet and fall on his face. We saw that he was terribly unsteady on his feet, so we coaxed him to sit on a chair. To keep him quiet we gave him something to drink. Quite un- ashamed, he drank right out of the bottle. When he started to hiccough, we thought he had had more than was iW paTaGonia, WHEN A GENTLEMAN good for him. So we took the bottle MEETS A LAY away from him. It was no easy matter to get it away from him, either. | Then he fell out of the chair. In trying to pick himself up he grabbed the tablecloth and pulled it off. Next, he got hold of a cane and commenced to smash things with it. He even tried to play the piano with it. The next thing we knew he had knocked the pane of glass out of the window and was trying to climb out. We caught him just in time. We thought that bed would be the only safe place for him, but we were > th wrong there. He fell out of bed at LIFTS HIS Vv ti ‘A the erg: BeitYopportinitee is VEST AND Bows sLigutLy, "ff Then we sent for an ambulance, LEARN A FACT A WEEK When it arrived our guest was fast asleep. But we were all in so we got in the ambulance and told them to drive away. We left our guest in charge of a neighbor who had dropped in to find out what all the rumpus was about. At the hospital we explained our case to the doctor in charge, who sympathized with us. He said he had a two-year-old kid himself and knew what cut-ups children of that age were. R. C. O’Brien Grd UG Be Pause and think, all ye who pass, Of poor old Phineas Phife, Somehow, the telephone wires got crossed, And he made a date with his wife. Society Burctar—Oh! A thousand pardons, I did not know it sturae bern formal affair. e ae! lens Cares er ea one ; 3