Judge, 1927-06-11 · page 5 of 36
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# "The Stickler" - Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several satirical pieces: **"The Stickler"** is a complaint letter from Jack Smithworth about a faulty radio from Easy Payment Collection Co. He threatens retaliation if they send their collector again, establishing the joke that debt collectors were aggressive, persistent nuisances. **The Fashion section** shows four illustrated panels satirizing women's evolving hemlines—progressively shorter from skirts to petticoats to stockings to bare legs. This mocks the rapid, shocking rise of women's hemlines during the 1920s, which scandalized conservative society. **"Do You Know"** offers humorous superstitions and social observations, including criticism of women's bathing suits. The bottom cartoon shows an elderly woman's mishap with fireworks, captioned "Unfortunate old lady who has had a thimbleful of cherry-bounce" (cheap liquor). The page reflects 1920s anxieties about debt collection, changing female fashion, and moral propriety.
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JUDGE The Stickler Easy Payment Collection Co. Chicago, Illinois. Dear Sirs— What do you bunch of high binders mean by saying I still owe you twelve seventy ($12.70) on my radio? The dam piece of junk doesn’t work and never did, and the next time I get a bill from that gip joint of yours I'll ram it down your throats and make you eat it. Just wait till I get my hands on one of you, you crooks. You're a gang of thiev if you send that flat-fa lector of yours around to my house again I'll wrap the radio around his neck. Yours truly, Jack SuurrLewortTu xcuse Peni are com- ail-drinking bunch.” peting for the co championship of “Who's aheac “Neither — they’re neck.” neck and Pe Bed Manager—My dear, you're get- ting a little too old for those middle-aged-wife parts. Actress (wildly)—Then what can I do? “Well, I think it’s about time for you to try Juliet.” @ \F YOU LEFT IT TO THE SKIRT MANUFACTURERS, (©) TO THE SILK STOCKING TRADE TO THE PETTICOAT INDUSTRY, AND TO THE LADIES, THEMSELVES Fashion. Unfortunate old lady who has had a thimbleful of cherry-bounce. Do You Know That males born under Aries should marry before they are five weeks old; That if twelve inches are laid end to end they make one foot; That a girl should not change bathing suits in midstream; That a biting dog has been known to bark; That I will be lucky if I sell this. ttt Parent—That bathing suit is no costume for church, daughter. “But the minister asked me to help increase the attendance.” comicbooks.com