Judge, 1927-02-19 · page 12 of 36
Judge — February 19, 1927 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# "Embarrassing Moments" — Judge Magazine This page features humorous reader submissions and advice responses, typical of Judge's satirical format. The main story describes a woman whose brother accidentally pushed her suitor into a well during childhood—a darkly comedic tale playing on the absurdity of forgotten traumas and sibling mishaps. Below are letters from readers: "Shirley Goldilocks" asks a dream analyst about a canoe dream (with the analyst's joke response questioning if her boyfriend is still around), and "Old Subscriber" complains about compulsively standing on his feet, receiving the witty retort to simply wear shoes. The cartoon "Passing of the Stork, 1937" (bottom right) appears to show the decline of the stork delivery myth—depicting a stork character among modern furnishings, likely satirizing changing attitudes toward sex education and children's origins in 1930s America. The tone throughout is light mockery of everyday absurdities and outdated social conventions.
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Embarrassing Moments M™ Peart Grire, who runs Y re Olde Crumperie and Tea Shoppe at 246 Surfeit Road, As- toria, L. I., writes in to tell us of her most embarrassing moment. “T have a little brother named Scrofula,” says Grife. “One day we were having tea on the lawn and Scrofula was playing over in one corner with a young man whom I was intending to sue for of promise. Suddenly I 1 that Serofula was alone. I asked him where Irving had gone, but the poor child didn’t seem to remember. We quizzed him for a while but it did no good. We looked everywhere in’ vain and finally gave up the search, About ten days later Serofula came run- ning to me with tears as large as horseradishes in his eyes. It appeared that he had just recol- lected where Irving was. The lit- tle mischief had absent-mindedly shoved him in the well. To this day I shall never forget that look Irving gave Scrofula when we hauled him up on a piece of string. Poor Scrofula! I wonder whether those marks on his chin will ever he “Dear Professor—I am_nine- teen years old, a bleached blonde, and my friends call me ‘High Jinks’ on account of my disposi- tion to crack funny sayings and jokes. I had a dream last week when I came back from camp. It was about a canoe and a_ boy friend of mine. Can you tell me what this mean Shirley Goldilocks Shirley—Is your boy friend still in town? “Dear Dream Man—Can you tell me what to do? habit of standing on my f have tried to break it by st on my hands and sometimes on my head, but it always comes back one. And my poor feet get : ful tired sometimes. Give me good clean advice. Old Subscriber” Old Subscriber—Why not wear shoes ? —Perelman Passing of the stork, 1937. comicbooks.com