Judge, 1927-04-09 · page 17 of 36
Judge — April 9, 1927 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains two distinct sections: **Upper Content:** Fashion and entertainment commentary presented as gossipy monologue. The writer satirizes wealthy socialites who obsess over trivial luxury goods—designer silk patterns, costume jewelry, and raincoats disguised as fashionable "slickers." The tone mocks their breathless enthusiasm for expensive frivolities and name-dropping. A brief reference ridicules Princeton students for discovering shoes have soles, with a joke about hearing marching songs at proms. **Bottom Cartoon:** Titled "Equal Rights for Men!" This depicts a courtroom scene where a lawyer pleads for mercy toward a man "about to become a father." The satire targets contemporary debates about gender equality and family law—suggesting that fatherhood should exempt men from legal consequences, ironically reversing feminist arguments about women's legal disabilities. The jury of women reacts with apparent skepticism to this plea. Both sections employ sarcasm to critique upper-class pretension and contemporary social attitudes about gender and law.
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JUDGE Now I ask you—did you ever hear of anything so ex- eruciatingly clever as the person who de- signs silk pat- terns with matches and match — boxes? And, my dears, he also uses lumps of sug camphor balls and carpet ta We mean he actually does this and the designs are simply too smart. It’s really the most extra- ordinary thing you've ever seen, ~ we My dears, I could positively rave on for the rest of my life about the perfectly divine costume jewelry this spring. It is the most gorgeous stuff you could possibly imagine. shape and color of thing. It’s the most insufferably alluring stuff you've ever seen. We simply can't bear to pass the shops. I mean it's simply the most anathe- mizing process to have to pass right by all of those utterly sweet trinkets. Do you know that there is nothing like great universities for up obscure bits of knowl- The Princeton students have finally discov reason why shoes soles. And I’m quite cer' dears, that the next time we go up fora prom we'll hear the whole student body there practicing “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching.” We ask you isn’t it the most killing thing? We really couldn’t bear the idea of being carried to proms on roller It would be so frightfully out of place, you know. In fact, it would be the most ridiculously asinine per- formance. And I’m quite certain that nothing else could possibly happen. skates or scooters. SP Have you seen the madden- ingly attractive slickers — this spring? Why, they are the most adorable things in the world. The cutest lines you can ever imagine and really almost as stunning as the new spring wraps. And they are so perfectly camouflaged you'd never dream that they are actually rain- coats. ly, it’s the most abysmally disappointing novel of the Just as you begin to thrilled over a most brilli graph or two she goes absolute flat — yes — positively blooey Honestly, it takes more nerve to get through this book because, after all, it’s simply unbearable to get all worked up to a most marvelous pitch and then to. be dropped into a most abyss. horrible It’s really too devastating for words. aS ws Six Best Steppers “Following the Sun Around” (Rio Rita) “Texas Stomp” (Polly of Holly- wood ) “Lot of Bull” (Polly of Holly- wood) “Muddy Water” (no show) “T Love the Moonlight” (no show ) “Falling in Love’ (no show) SR Eevar Rigurs ror Men! Me uy Lawyer—Ladies of the Jury, T ask your mercy—this man is about to become a father. comicbooks.com