Judge, 1927-04-16 · page 27 of 36
Judge — April 16, 1927 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces: **"The Miracle"** — A humorous essay by Carroll Carroll mocking gullibility. The author claims meeting and liking a girl named Hilda has converted him from skeptic to believer in the impossible, making him willing to invest in absurd schemes (skyscrapers to the moon, oil wells on land). The satire targets people who abandon rational thinking based on emotional experience, likely referencing contemporary miracle-workers and faith healers popular in the early 20th century. **"Dizzy Labels"** — A brief pun advertisement for Murine eye drops, playing on a woman's name/appearance as a "cure for sore eyes." **"Mon Cher Paris"** — A French Line steamship advertisement romanticizing travel to Paris, emphasizing charm, culture, and luxury accommodations. The page is primarily satirical commentary on human irrationality, paired with period travel advertising.
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“And were you little once like I am, grandpa?” “Of course, my boy.” “Gee, you musta been a scream with those glasses and whiskers!” = —Weire WeLt The Miracle I will believe anything from this day on, I have seen my miracle, the strangely inexplicable happening that’s required to turn doubters into zealots. No longer will I smile sceptically when I read a headline saying, “Cripples throw aw crutches as great healer pray No longer will I curl an indulgent lip when I am informed that before long a bridge will be built to land. Anything, from now on, seems possible to me. I shall be deeply interested in all plans to build a skyseraper half way to the moon. And I'll probably buy stock in a balloon line to connect the top of that » with “The Queen of * When oil men tell me es on Jand that will they I shall take my poor old mother’ life savings and invest them, per- fectly confident that the million barrels will come in. barrel by barrel all Jabeled and packed ready for market. My faith in the perform: of the seemingly impos: knows no limit. Yesterday a doubter, today a bigotted be- liever in all that is occult, bizarre, extraordinz and weird, that’s : step I’ve taken because, as said, I’ve seen the light of a miracle. The impossible, the im- probable, the unbelievable has transpired, not only before my very eyes, but it has actually hap- pened to me, concerned me vitally. “What is this miracle?” ask. I’ve met a girl by the name of Hilda and I like her. —Carrott Carroii you Sas One of the newest perfumes is deseribed as being of a vague, clusive nature. We expect to hear that a rival firm has gone one better and produced a perfume that can’t be smelt at all. —Loxvox Ovixios DI<ZY SEL They call her Murine—she’s a cure for sore eyes! Rutru—Oh, well, I thought I’d tell ’e in case. —Lonvon Opinion M on Cher Parts ROM the moment you board a French Liner, France is i nated. . . quaint, pi eee with echoes of the winding streets and little cafes of Paris. And... at the other end of «the longest gangplank in the . the real tiniest village of enchanting beauty. These weekly de Juxe French Liners Paris France Ir be + + + Charming nob! French to their m: us nation and co: dock at Le Havre de Paris. drawn-out train ride... through lovely, mellow Norm then Paris . . the playgrounds and capitals of F Four one-class cabin liners di Havre. . . The New York-Vigo-Bor- deaux Service, three liners, to southern France and Spain. Trench Line IQ State Street, New York City Write us or any French Line Agent or recognized Tourist Ofice for brochures + the terminus to vo = = 4 | | | comicbooks.com