Judge, 1926-08-28 · page 20 of 36
Judge — August 28, 1926 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes 1920s American life as absurdly topsy-turvy. "The Dizzy Decade" lists incongruous, impossible scenarios: Gertrude Ederle swimming the English Channel (real event), Jack Dempsey refusing fight money, a waiter saying "thank you," President Coolidge catching a fish—mundane or contradictory occurrences presented as news-worthy anomalies. The satire's point: the era is so chaotic and norm-breaking that normal behavior becomes shocking. References include Prohibition (presented as a delusion), Peggy Hopkins Joyce (socialite), and De Wolf Hopper (actor). The top cartoon shows "Flapper" (the modern rebellious woman type) having knocked out a postman, receiving fan mail—mocking the era's shocking new female independence. The Brooklyn vignette ridicules affected speech patterns. Overall, the page captures 1920s satirical commentary on rapid social change, celebrity culture, and generational upheaval.
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The Dizzy Decade (With apologies to all concerned) (How they'll probably describe our period about ten years hence) ERTRUDE Eperte swam _ the English Channel and a lady at Rockaway Beach feigned drowning because the lifeguard had blue eyes. Walt Mason installed a new verse machine and a poet in a Greenwich Village garret shot himself. Jack THE MORNING AFTER With the back and shoulders Fuaprer (having socked the postman)—Hot dog! JUDGE for me from Bill Scott! Dempsey refused a million dollars to fight Wills and a bum on the Bowery begged a dime for a cupacawfee. Three women in Chicago shot their husbands and Peggy Hopkins Joyce was introduced to De Wolf Hopper. A taxicab driver in Boston had change for a dollar bill, a waiter in New York said “thank you” to a restaurant patron and a barber in Detroit shaved a man without sug- gesting a face message. President Coolidge caught a fish. A man was brought into the psycopathic ward at Bellevue under the delusion that the country had a Prohibition law. A salesman in a Cleveland hotel actually read three chapters in a Gideon Bible. A man was arrested in Kansas for smoking a cigarette on Sunday and John Roach Straton didn’t appear in print for nearly a week. Mrs. Here lies my laundry man, Alecander Fleet: No more he'll fix my collars up To look like shredded wheat. ga Anhiabe busted tg, ails ese ‘pay3$5 for each one printcet ct Whadycknow! A letter Millionbucks equipped her kennels with steam heat and three babies died on New York's East Side. A lady in Buffalo had her hair bobbed without weeping, Cecil De Mille produced a movie without a sunken bathtub, an original melody was born in Tin Pan Alley, a tourist drove in from Montreal, without any liquor, and a bunch of fellers dis- covered the North Pole. Arthur L. Lippmann EXPLORINGLA NEW CONT! $ OR THE LIBERTY "BOYS IN BROOKLYN “Halloo, Edgar!” said an acquaint- ance to that person. ‘“‘Where have you been for a week back?” “Nowhere,” answered Mr. Garfinkle, hurriedly, “and I tell you my back ain't weak anyways!” This effectually disposed of the “nosey” inquirer. | C comicbooks.com