Judge, 1927-02-12 · page 7 of 36
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# "Few More American Tragedies" - Judge Magazine Satire This page contains humorous anecdotes about domestic mishaps and social embarrassments. The top cartoon depicts a man struggling to push a woman in a broken-down automobile, captioned about collecting receipts for "Ike's Irish Rose" (a popular 1920s play). The bottom cartoon shows a domestic scene with people examining shoes, with the caption "Awk—lesh you an' me just sit out here an' see this shoe and save the five-fifty"—a joke about marital penny-pinching during an entertainment outing. These satirize ordinary middle-class American life: relationship tensions, financial anxieties, and social awkwardness. The "tragedies" are comedically mundane domestic failures rather than actual crises, reflecting Judge's humor aimed at urban American readers navigating modern social expectations and budget constraints.
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JUDG! Few More American Tragedies ght out in the middle of the dance floor. I heard | a ripping noise and when I looked down my garter was dragging on the floor.” here IT was— » “Well, they were coming into | | the home stretch when that horse | suddenly stopped, sat on his haunches and grinned... . It cost me three grand.” “Friday was my wife's birth- day and I didn’t remember it until b the following Tuesday. I'm liv- ing over at The Athletic Club { now.” i “The speaker who preceded me had used every one of my pre- pared jokes. There was a ghastly silence—and then the toastmaster called on me.” “Jones had heard me praise my radio and stopped over Wednes- In 1977 day night to hear Los Angeles. 1 fumbled with the dials for an hour and all I could get was the local station. I don’t ride to town Anne Nichols collects the week's receipts for “Abie’s Trish Rose.” any more in the smoker of the about it. Yesterday afternoon |The Theatrical Producer Issues 18.” the wife spotted Mrs. Pavitt His Wedding Announcement “Pearl came home the other — wearing one just like it.... Yes, night with a new exclusive Pari- Pearl's under the doctor's care Dan Cupid. Prevents bs : . MARRIAGE HENRY AND IDA sian chapeau, and like a discreet — now. R Dramatle Earce: tenuate and dutiful husband, I raved —Hugh Wood HENRY HENNABERRY IDA BLAKE (By permission of he other and father) Wedding marches by Wagner and Mendelssohn, Wedding ring supplied by Corrigan’s Credit Jewelry Company. Clergyman supplied by the First Presbyte- rian Church, Bride's Wedding dress by her grandmother and made over by Lucy West, seam- stress. Groom’s dress suit by Harris the Tailor. Old Shoes furnished by the Im- perial Shoe Company and_ rice through the courtesy of the Rem- ington Rice Company. d supplied by the bride wedding planned, conc and engineered by the bride’s mother. Wedding by the spectators. Eat- ing by the guests. Wedding pres- ents by request. —Hugh Wood Las “Aww—lesh you an’ me just sit out here an’ see this show and Dramatic critics’ motto: The — | save the fir flay’s the thing! comicbooks.com