Judge, 1926-08-28 · page 17 of 36
Judge — August 28, 1926 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from **Judge** magazine contains a humorous "advice column" section and two cartoon illustrations satirizing early 20th-century American social situations. **The Question Box** features mock-serious responses to reader inquiries, with the humor lying in deliberately absurd or literal-minded answers. Notable is a joke about authorship of "Grey's Elegy"—the writer confuses the famous poem by Thomas Gray with fictitious authors, attributing it instead to composer Mendelssohn and a non-existent epic called "The Lock on the Barroom Door." **The cartoons** depict social awkwardness: 1. **"Coney Freak Causes Impasse"** satirizes the bearded lady sideshow attraction at Coney Island, showing bathhouse confusion about restroom placement. 2. **"The Tattle-Tale Sunburn"** jokes about uneven tanning revealing tan lines—likely referencing beachwear's revealing nature. The page mocks period anxieties about etiquette, social contact, and the emerging leisure culture around Coney Island.
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Judge’s Question Box Dear Jupce: Will you please in- form me, through your valued and highly helpful colyum, how [ean get wine out of my pink georgette evening gown? Anxiously, Mrs. C. 0. D. Dear Mrs. Delivery: You might try putting the gown through a wringer, but it really is more trouble than it’s worth. After all, the wine wouldn't be fit to drink when you did get it out. JupGE Dear Juvce: Will you please settle a wager between me and a friend of mine, as to who it was who wrote Grey's Elegy. He claims it was Jean Stratton Porter, while Tam just as certain that it was Shakes- peare. Won't you settle our difference as a box of cigars hangs on the result of your decision. Eagerly, B ‘iD; Dear B. V.D.: You are both wrong. [twas written by Franz Men- delssohn for use at weddings, fun- erals and other celebrations. It is a portion of the much longer epic, popularly Known as “The Lock on the Barroom Door.” You may mail the cigars to my address whenever it is convenient. JupGe Dear Juvce: I have been in this country now for three years, speak the language quite well, such as itis, and am altogether a rather pleasing personality. My work is rather con- fining, however, and I do not come in contact with as many people as | should like to. Can you make any general sug- gestions as to how a person of m rather diffident character can get in contact socially with a greater num- her of people? Very truly yours, N.Y. C. Dear Central: Have you tried riding in the New York subw Some of the closest contacts in cos- mopolitan society are formed during the rush hours. JupcE Richard 8. Wallace JUDGE PicnickEr—It’s too late to tale his picture—the light is very poor. “Alfred, don’t be stupid! child like that.” There's enough light to photograph a smatl CONEY FREAK CAUSES IMPASSE AT A BATHHOUSE What to do with the bearded lady? The tattle-tale sunburn. comicbooks.com