Judge, 1926-02-27 · page 9 of 36
Judge — February 27, 1926 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# "The Perfect Radio Program" & Related Content This page satirizes early 1920s radio programming preferences through a gender divide. "According to Mother" lists domestic-focused broadcasts (cooking, baby care, servant problems, sewing, sleep), while "According to Father" features sports, boxing, political debate, golf, and radio technology—mocking how men and women supposedly want entirely different content. The top cartoon depicts furniture repo men collecting an unpaid installment, a common financial anxiety of the era. "All I Know About Parties" by Jack Shuttleworth is a humorous essay defining party types (card parties, tea parties, house parties) with self-deprecating observations about social behavior—particularly the author's romantic frustration that his girlfriend attends "petting parties" (making out sessions) with his roommate instead of staying with him. The tone is wry rather than genuinely bitter, reflecting 1920s dating culture anxieties wrapped in humor.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
The Perfect Radio Program According to Mother 7 p.m.—Household recipes, by Miss Betty O. Gush, domestic science expert. 8 p.M.— “The Care and Feeding of Babies,” by Oswald Oomph, presi- dent of The Bigger and Better Babies’ Bureau. 9 pm.—Solving the Servant Problem,” by Alice Terry, former upstairs girl and now president of The Servant Girls’ Federation. Co-operative 10 p.m.—"“How to Make Over Last Year's Taffeta Dr and dressmaking hints by Mamie Stitch, needlework expert. 11 p.m.—The Slumber,” by Sue of the “S Sweet Balm of porific, director leep-Eight-Hours-a-Night Movement.” According to Father 7 p.m.—Resumé of the day’s sport news by merry “Bill” McGuff of The Daily Mercury. 8 p.m.—Blow by blow description of the Farley-Sullivan prize fight, direct from the ringside at the City Stadium. 9 p.m.—Debate: ‘Resolved, Pleas- antville Parkway Needs New Pav- ing.” Affirmative, Alderman Hen- nessey, second ward; negative, Congressman Multiberry, third ward. 10 Py by “Bud” Cook, profes Verycostly Country Club and ama- teur champion. twenty- 11 p.m.—How to pick up distant stations, by “D.X.” Dougherty, in- cluding list of stations broadcasting from midnight to 4 a.m. Arthur L, Lippmann Lanptapy—What on earth are you doing with gas escaping! Roomer—Trying to commit suicide, but it’s no use—I’ve got such acold in my head I can’t smell. “'ve come to collect the installment on the furniture!” All I Know About Parties CARD party is a party where they play either bridge or poker. If you play bridge badly it makes every- body angry, if you play poker badly it makes everybody happy. A tea party is a party where they drink anything but tea. A wild party is a party where there’s drinking and singing. The more the drinking, the wilder the party; the more the singing the wilder the neighbors. A house party is a wild party that lasts a long time. On a house party everybody gets in something or other. The hostess gets indignant, bachelors get inebriate, wives get in- sulting, and husbands get in wrong. The life of the party is what they pour in the punch bowl. A punch bowl is a small oasis completely sur- rounded by partially sober men. On every house party they dance in the living-room. A living-room thus used contains about a thousand square feet and nearly as many square heads. If such a dance floor were packed with as many girls as could be squeezed in, there would be 750 girls in the room, but not one of them would be mine. My girl would be out in an auto having a petting party with my roommate. A petting party is something I am completely in the dark about. Jack Shuttleworth comicbooks.com