Judge, 1926-08-28 · page 4 of 36
Judge — August 28, 1926 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains **humorous lifestyle advice rather than political satire**. The main cartoon depicts people at a beach or social gathering discussing ice cream and sunburn prevention—typical leisure-class concerns of the era. The content includes: - **"Several Proven Methods for Preventing Sunburn"**: Satirizes contemporary beauty standards and sun-protection methods (cement mixtures, beach visits, umbrellas), poking fun at elaborate skincare rituals and the social anxiety around tanning. - **"Taste of the Day"**: A brief joke about blonde vs. brunette women's attractiveness preferences. - **"Grandma Says"**: Folk wisdom about beach safety and sunburn remedies (vinegar, silk). The cartoon with figures in baggy swimsuits illustrates impractical protective clothing for swimmers—visual humor about the tension between modesty and comfort.
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JUDGE Several Proven Methods for Preventing Sunburn Tv THE first real indication of warm weather peel off all your skin, and pack it away till fall. Cover your entire body with a thin mixture of cement and water. Tf you allow this to set for a little while you'll be set for the summer. Go to the beach on Sunday. It always rains. Buy a large red and yellow beach umbrella, put it up in your cellar and sit under it. Go to the beach with three other bridge players. The first dip of the season jump right under the water and stay there. Swim about ar out and then shout for help, When the lifeguard comes tell him you were just fooling. The city will recover your body. Join the Ku Klux Klan and swim in your knight clothes. Carroll “You'll have some ice cream, won't you?” “Yes, thank you; would you mind dropping it down my back!” FUNNYBOVE —— &e O) a a+ girls prefer vinegar. It’s transparent. The summer hotel may be a VF SO ep Brunettes tan, Titians freckle and crowded, but there's always room \ blondes burn. And that’s why gentle- for one bore. \ Here's to our bille— men prefer blondes. Ciara ‘a 3 And may we some Carroll Carroll chalge pays #5 for enchione pow ye — day meet "em. J \ Judge pays $5 for each one printed Sunset Te sun sinks in the mountains When evening comes around, The sun sinks in the ocean, The sun sinks in the town. The sun sinks in the blazing sky, The sink sinks in the West; But on a patch of tender skin The sun sinks in the best. R. C. O'Brien Grandma Says T’s funny how all the red-hot mammas go to the beach every summer to get son burned. In my day we used to go swimmin’” and they called ’em bathin’ suits. Now they don’t even go bathin’ and they call ’em swimmin’ suits. ‘re makin’ the beach awning bigger ‘n’ bigger to protect our girls from sunburn. Something’s got to Py Ane Oo° protect them from it. SS Vinegar’s a good cure for sunburn This cotton-wool auriliary outfit for sunburned bathers enables you to and so’s a coupla yards of silk. Our last out the season in comparative comfort. comicbooks.com