Judge, 1926-11-20 · page 19 of 36
Judge — November 20, 1926 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes the early 20th-century American fascination with Freudian psychoanalysis. Judge's "Dream Department" mockingly offers dream interpretation "absolutely free of charge," claiming collaboration with famous psychoanalysts (Freud, Jung, Adler are named). The satirical responses reveal the absurdity of pop psychology analysis. A woman's dream about a dark man with a facial mark is analyzed as a "Borzoi" or "Wen-in-the-Ear" dream, with nonsensical advice ("Wen in the ear, do as the ears do"). A drunk Harvard student dreaming of Yale expulsion receives a diagnosis of "sex dream" and advice to eat farina and never help Yale men. The humor mocks both the pretension of armchair Freudianism and the ridiculous, unfalsifiable nature of dream interpretation as practiced by non-experts. The cartoon illustrations show upper-class subjects in domestic settings, emphasizing that this therapeutic trend primarily appealed to privileged Americans seeking fashionable explanations for their anxieties.
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Judge’s Dream Department [I Is with the greatest of pleasure that June shes to announce leading psycho-anal. of Europe, including Doctors Freud, Jung and Adler, it is now prepared to analyze the dreams of its readers. Practically nothing is now known about the interpretation of dreams. In order to better convey to the pub- lic at large the extraordinary im- portance of its dreams, JupGE’s Dream Editor will analyze absolutely Sree of charge the dreams of any reader who wishes to address him. In this first installment, our Dream Editor answers four typical letters. Should you care to ascertain the meaning of any dream you have had, send it to him in care of JunGE. Dear Great Big Dream Man—I am a girl of thirty-four summers, fond of jolly boys, and a door knob roll a barrel out of the cellar.” “Yes, my lord.” “And where was I at the time?” “In the barrel, my lord!” “Pll have the one you're holding over you.” “Like Ul y’ will! That's the one I never sell.” “Jenkins, the cook tells me you were intoxicated last night and trying to holder by profession. I hold door knobs for people when burglars try to break into their rooms. Two nights ago I dreamed that a tall dark man with a wen in his ear would offer me honorable marriage. What does this mean ces (Peaches) Rabelais Miss Rabelais—This is essentially what is known as a “Borzoi,” or “Wen-in-the-Ear” dream. ‘The tall, dark man is probably your husband or other close relative. The best procedure in a dream of this kind is: “Wen in the ear, do as the ears do.” Dear Dream Editor—‘Two weeks ago last Thursday I came home in what mamma calls “a disgraceful condition.” She and the butler finally put me into bed. That night I dreamed that I was going to be kicked out of Yale. Since I am a Harvard man, I can’t understand this at all. The drinks were rye high- balls. Anxious Anxious—You ought tobeashamed of yourself, you bounder you. This dream is undoubtedly a sex dream. Eat plenty of farin never give a Yale man an even break. comicbooks.com