Judge, 1926-01-23 · page 9 of 36
Judge — January 23, 1926 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon**: "The first bathing girl cover" depicts what appears to be a scandalous moment—a woman in a bathing costume encountering a formally-dressed man. The satire targets the novelty of women appearing in bathing attire in public media, which was controversial in early 20th-century America. This represents Judge's commentary on changing social mores around female dress and public display. **Middle Section**: The dialogue references a Roman circus spectacular, with characters boasting about attractions featuring famous figures (Caesar, Cleopatra, Romulus and Remus). This satirizes contemporary American enthusiasm for grand entertainment spectacles and sensationalism, using Roman analogies. **Bottom Cartoons**: "Perils of sleeping in a New England inn" shows comedic chaos—crowded sleeping quarters and cramped conditions, satirizing the poor accommodations at period New England inns. **Final Joke**: "A Scotsman is writing free verse" mocks Scottish frugality—implying even a notoriously stingy Scot would adopt free verse (which costs nothing) rather than pay for structured poetry.
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=a a and saw out some of the obbligatos he played when the Roman smoke- eaters strutted their stuff! “Marc Antony will be there with Cleopat! (Hot doggie!) “Romulus and Remus allow they’re going to show that they’re wolves and it’s their night to howl! Y-i-i-p-e-e-e-e! “Brutus is going to make a stab The first bathing girl cover. at seeing that Caesar gets it in the neck again! “Maximus is going to put on the rip-snortinest, all-star seventeen-ring circus you ever saw, and Horatius will stand guard on the old bridge night and day to keep the prohis out! “Hot dog! Sweet mamma! Oh, boy! Zowie! Perils of sleeping in a New England inn. “Shake a leg, jazzbo, and don’t miss this meeting. Let’s show the rest of these birds that Rome is the snappiest town in the cockeyed world! All together now, whoop "er up!” Chet Johnson FID The millennium has arrived—a Scotsman is writing free verse! comicbooks.com