Judge, 1926-10-16 · page 3 of 36
Judge — October 16, 1926 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Analysis - October 16, 1926 The main cartoon titled "Nearsighted Husband" depicts a domestic scene where a husband criticizes his wife's skirt length as "positively silly." The satire targets 1920s fashion debates: shorter skirts were a controversial symbol of modern women's liberation and changing social norms. The "nearsighted" husband literally cannot see properly, suggesting men opposing the fashion trend were similarly blind to women's evolving independence. The page's other sections mock contemporary issues: Gene Tunney's boxing victory, traffic safety concerns, a dispute over who wrote Shakespeare, and American opera singers emigrating to Europe. These represent typical 1926 headlines and cultural anxieties about modernity, sports, and American cultural status abroad.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
1B LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS JUDGE: WEATHER FORECAS (For the Football Se ) HAIL, HAIL, THE GANG'S ALL HERE THE WORLD’S WITTIEST WEEKLY TUNNEY FALLS DOWN Snortiy after his Philadelphia victory, Gene Tunney promised to appei 1 benefit performance held in the New York Hippodrome but This is the first indication we have had that he is a true champion. failed to show up. Tue Oyster Growers and Dealers Association advertise that Napoleon Bonaparte ate oysters before every battle. [t might also be pointed out that the Battle of Waterloo was fought ina month that does not have an R. OVERHEATING in th of the New York Times recently caused a roll of paper to ignite. Un- doubtedly this was caused by print- press room ing one of Mr. Coolidge’s fiery, issue- meeting speeches. TRAFFIC PROBLEM PROBED AccorDING to a series of articles recently published in the Saturday Evening Post, the late Mr. Burbank was successful in crossing nearly every sort of fruit with some other variety. has been able to successfully cross a state highway with any degree of safety. So far, however, no one WORLD FLAYS Jupce JupGe recently made the state- ment that Kipling didn't’ know blondes when he wrot Phe Charge of the Light Brigs and F. P. A. of the New York JVorld commented that Kipling had no corner on ignorance. We wish to assure our readers that this was a proofreader’s mistake. We knew all the time that Shakespeare wrote it. G. O. P. SINGS BATTLE HYMN AccorpiInc to the New York World, a female vocalist sang a piece at the opening of the Republican Convention in New York, which was unfamiliar to the entire audience. The chances are that it was one of those old-time harmonies. Ay English professor of languages says that Greek may some day be- come the universal langu \ great many of us are already familiar with such words as bodder tust, rust biff, grep frut, and bulla zoup. SINGERS HIT HIGH SEAS A music critie claims that Pro- hibition has caused a large number of American opera singers to migrate to Europe. Even so this hardly justifies the Eighteenth Amendment. comicbooks.com