Judge, 1927-07-30 · page 28 of 36
Judge — July 30, 1927 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct pieces: **Left side:** Advertisements for Absorbine Jr. (sunburn relief) and Mothersill's (motion sickness remedy), plus Stokes cough medicine and Gem Clippers. **Right side:** A humorous poem titled "Shot at Sunrise" by Nate Collier, with accompanying whimsical cartoon illustrations. The poem appears to be a satirical, stream-of-consciousness narrative mixing military references (Manila Bay, Dewey, the Spanish-American War) with absurdist imagery and nonsense—soldiers executing the narrator, random literary allusions, and surreal comedy. The cartoon section below parodies a children's riddle format, featuring crude drawings with jokes about Napoleon Bonaparte, oyster-eating seasons, and other puns. The overall tone is comedic absurdism typical of early-20th-century Judge magazine humor—deliberately nonsensical and irreverent rather than making a specific political point.
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rom Quick relief iL sunburn and the exhaustion, faintness, nau~ sea and dizziness caused by travel motion. Journey by Sea, Train, Car, Auto or Air in perfect comfort Mothersill’s. 32 75¢- & $1.50 at Drug Stores or direct The Mothersill Remedy Co., Ltd. Your nails will Shot at Sunrise "Twas the morning in the evening of the seventeenth of When Dewey made a hole in one, down at Manila Bay; And savage were her lordship’s eyes, those rainbow eyes of blue, For if she wouldn't eat the cake, I knew not what she’d do. Her hands were full of fingers and her ears were full of soap, The last redoubt was captured and the air was charged with hope, As o'er the last singing songs of sweet éclair, A nymph with garlic in her hair Essayed to swim the Hellespont, when burst the cannon’s roar, remembrance s fair as onion sprouts The rose-red lips of Gunga Din will stain those waves no more! What Ho! The bugles blatant blare! Shout out a lusty cheer! The cohorts on the shore shall drink a toast to Paul Revere! The clapboards on the Old North Church resound in mock dis- may, The Devildogs are marching on the Road to Mandalay. Hozannas ring across the wilds, the tumult grows apace! A conquering hero cometh home, his nose upon his f: jug of rum encased in gold, -abbard drenched in blood, His eyebrows full of cockleburs, his rubbers full of mud. With wild acclaim the welkin rings, the drinks are on the house, The whole world drinks a cock- tail and goes out upon a souse— And Bells of Hell resound the din across the dew-wet hills! And Omar Khayyam writes an ode to Someor Stomach Pills. Then came the dawn! Ten thousand fiends with powder, shot and ball, Grab both my hands and tie my feet and place me ’gainst a wall; Then stand in line and raise their guns and aim them like as not— And bang! Good night! The black! Good I’ve been shot! world 00. heavens! LT UM END eqycK wy SOME Oh some, THEy Pon P60 N NAPOLEON BONAPARTES. ON HIS FIRST NON-STOP FLIGHT ACROSS THE ERIE CANAL . ou SiR, HAVE You NO Pity? @) wooF Sad /Slorkey-wrench sour. Suing @ couple o' nuts. W WR OSS + & ae — os SWastica GONE CRAZY WITH -THE HEAT. WHAT GREAT AMERICAN GENERAL DOES “THIS rv REPRESENTS: . ER: — Ses ANSwer: OYSTERS ARE Never EATEN DURING THE MONTHS (ON- SISTING OF “THE VOWELS A-E-~ viewed AND SOMETIMES W AND Ans —Nare Cotiier | Aikaturceess« | | comicbooks.com