Judge, 1927-04-09 · page 5 of 36
Judge — April 9, 1927 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Judge* contains humor pieces targeting 1920s-30s social conventions: **"How I Out-Smarted a Supper Club"** describes someone who economized at an expensive nightclub by ordering only a ham sandwich—spending just the sandwich's price while avoiding drinks, cigarettes, and tips. The satire mocks both the exclusivity of upscale venues and the author's penny-pinching pretension. **The dialogue snippets** joke about divorce being easier than marriage, and reference Virginia's annulment laws. **The lower illustrations** mock domestic service standards and apparently satirize someone named Jenkins's drinking habits ("smooth whiskey"). The overall tone reflects Jazz Age anxieties about class, spending, and marital instability—treating serious social changes (easy divorce, servant expectations) as material for light ridicule rather than serious critique.
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JUDGE | How I Out-Smarted a Supper | Club | I realized a lifelong ambition the other evening. I went to the most exclusive | supper club in our city, and | ordered a ham sandwich. I sat throughout the entire perform- | ance, bought no cigarettes, threw | no money to the singers, and paid | my check without tipping the ter. In fact, the cost of the | entire evening was the price of that one ham sandwich. Quite an evening for twenty- five dollars, if I do say it myself. | sas | About all that is necessary for | a divorce nowadays is a wedding. | St Gertrude—Did it require much effort for you to get a fur coat out | of your hubby? Ernestine—Oh, no—I got it without half crying. SIS Some -peaple marry for love, | some for money, but most of them for only a short time. Pe Td Deb—Have you heard about Virginia? Subdeb—No; do tell me. Deb—She’s just had her en- gagement annulled. a glas. for dinner and must have a cocktail, too. The perfect hostess makes the “Our new waitress is very high-hat. She insists on dressing 7 «Qube Ontersor * man who has just tipped over 8 of water feel at ease. The Christening The mother assisted at the baby’s christening by breaking a bottle of scotch over its father’s head. Powerful Evidence “T understand Jenkins has a stock of very smooth whiskey.” “TI guess so—he spends a lot of time polishing it off.” Ft The National Bird is now the ‘a swallow. comicbooks.com