Judge, 1926-09-25 · page 4 of 36
Judge — September 25, 1926 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page This page contains social humor about blonde women and dating preferences, typical of 1920s-30s American magazines. The top cartoon shows two well-dressed men, with dialogue suggesting one encountered the other with a woman. The accompanying poem "Blondes Prefer Gentlemen" humorously argues that blonde women favor respectable, mild-mannered men over rough characters—contrary to the stereotype that women prefer "bad boys." The lower sections offer brief jokes about blonde women ("The Blondes of Matrimony," "Golden Thoughts"), playing on period assumptions about blonde hair signaling attractiveness or simple-mindedness. The bottom illustration shows a vacuum doorway device—apparently Judge's satirical invention for removing blonde hair from gentlemen's shoulders, a joking reference to infidelity or romantic entanglements. The overall theme: lighthearted commentary on dating, attractiveness, and romantic behavior.
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“Who was the gentleman I seen you with last night?” “That wasn't no gentleman, I'm a brunette! The Blondes of Matrimony E stelle—I suppose you knew that » lost her husband? Maybelle—No, I hadn't heard. What was the trouble—high blood pressure? “No—high blonde pressure.” Golden Thoughts Most any girl is glad to find a blonde heir on her shoulder. sae She was a strawberry blonde, but she gave me the razzberry. FID Golden hair is frequently the re- flection of what's in the mind be- neath it. sae It’s always fair weather when gentlemen get together. rd Kipling didn’t know blondes when he wrote “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” JUDGE Blondes Prefer Gentlemen Jix on them bimbos, them bell bottomed slim bos, Who can’t treat a dame with r spect; Give me the sure guys, demure, pure secure guys Who don’t leave your coiffure all wrecked. You take the sheik stuff! The meek stuff, the weak stuff, The treatment no lady resents Surely suffices a damsel who nice is For lady-like blondes favor gents Gawd, but the he-men, the out-on a-spree men, The joy friends and boy friends too wild Never get by me, for guys satisfy me \s long as they're genteel and mild Frolicsome squires and out-of-town buyers Whose checks help us dames pay our rents Lay off the gruff stuff, the primitive rough stuff, For lady-like blondes favor gents. Arthur L, Lippmann \ “SSS comicbooks.com