Judge, 1927-06-18 · page 31 of 36
Judge — June 18, 1927 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Judge magazine page combines humor columns with period advertising. The main satirical content includes: **The Restaurant Joke**: A waiter torments a diner by repeatedly suggesting additions to his meal. The punchline reveals the waiter is the customer's barber—implying barbers were notoriously talkative and pushy, making this an expected character trait that explains his behavior. **The Doctor/Patient Exchange**: A patient is diagnosed with something seriously wrong, but responds that he's fine because he won gambling—satirizing people's illogical optimism and denial about health issues. **The Birmingham Lady Anecdote**: Dry humor suggesting a woman's eight marriages succeed not because she's an excellent cook (as she claims) but for the "very opposite"—implying her actual competence lies elsewhere, poking fun at traditional gender assumptions. **The Vitaphone Reference**: Opens with criticism of early sound film technology's poor audio quality, comparing garbled opera lyrics to incomprehensible station announcements. The advertisements are for Reymers candy and Raybestos brake linings—typical period products marketed to contemporary consumers.
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whatever it was, it made the valuable lyrics on occasion indis- tinguishable from the calling off of stations on the Brooklyn ele- vated. This, you will grant, is not entirely as it should be, for when one goes to hear Gilbert and Sullivan one goes to hear Gilbert and Sullivan and not, peculiarly enough, a Vitaphone version of a clinical report on catarrh, ade- noids and swollen tonsils, et A man entered a_ restaurant and ordered a steak and fried po- tatoes. “Yes, sir,” said the waiter. “And will you have chops and peas along with it?” No, thank you.” “How about a nice lobster or a brace of crabs, sir, with the ried plaice and sauce, per- haps, sir?” “No, I tell you.” “A nice dish of mushrooms, and. But at this point the proprietor summoned the waiter to him. “What do you mean,” he said, “by tormenting that patron in such an outrageous manne “Oh, I wasn’t tormenting him, sir,” said the waiter. “I was just trying to make him feel at home. He’s my barber!” —Hauirax Dairy Courter AND GUARDIAN Sas Doctor—There must be some- thing radically wrong with your system; I'll have to find out what it is. Patient—But, Doctor, it can’t be too bad; I backed three win- ners last Saturday. —Avsste S88 A Birmingham lady, who has had eight husbands, attributes her matrimonial success to the fact that she is an excellent cook. We do not for a moment suggest that the real reason may be the very opposite. —Hvnonrist ereeces Contemplates, say my — hosts after I leave. & BROTHERS. INCORD7 Ss st! TTSBURGH.PA.SINCE1846 Stores Ol Reyne The Gmdnare “s ae the Sweetest giftof all, =e ling. Dealer in quires PECIFY genuine Silver Edge Raybestos when you have the brakes relined. Go where you can get it. Raybestos is solidly and compactly woven. Especially treated to with- stand wet weather. Wonderfully efficient on +-wheel brakes. Backed by a reputation for quality since the beginning of the industry. THE RAYB The Canadian R. Raybestos- comicbooks.com