Judge, 1926-01-02 · page 11 of 36
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# "A Man About Town" - Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page satirizes the leisure lifestyle of a wealthy urban bachelor in the Jazz Age. The poem by Percy Flage depicts a man constantly moving between hotels, Broadway shows, fights, exclusive clubs, and opera—spending lavishly on entertainment and dining while claiming to be "a lad who gets about." The bottom cartoon mocks this lifestyle's absurdity: the man rings his valet at night, then—rather than engaging in any cultured activity—asks the servant to count 1,000 sheep jumping a fence to help him sleep. This deflates the pretentious image presented above. The joke: despite all his expensive entertainments and "select" venues, he still needs childish sleep aids. The satire critiques both the shallow materialism of the wealthy leisure class and the contradiction between their sophisticated self-image and mundane reality. The "radio" reference suggests modern convenience culture enabling this lifestyle.
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A Man About Town | O" I's a lad who gets about, | No holding me when I step out. I dine in state at some hotel, | Whose dinner mus divine; Or if I'm feeling not so swell, I choose a less esthetic line. From this point on I may elect ‘To see some Broadway show or fight, Or mingle with the more select, If opera suits my mood that night. When curtain falls I rush away To five or six or seven clubs And give the gay white lights a play (I'm not the type the maitre snubs). Oh, I'm a lad who s' Assisted by my radio. Percy Flage » you know, NA Rect, oo ear ne VaLet—You rang, sir? Bia Burrer anp Eacer—Er, Higgins—ah, just count 1,000 sheep jumping over a fence while | get to sleep. , comicbooks.com