Judge, 1927-08-06 · page 10 of 36
Judge — August 6, 1927 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several satirical humor pieces typical of 1930s Judge magazine: **"This Suit Is Hired!"** — A man flirting with a woman (the "Lorelei," a mythological siren) panics because he's wearing a rented bathing suit and must return it by nightfall. The joke satirizes both the anxiety of rented formal wear and men's embarrassment about appearing unclothed. **"Our Travelogues"** — A cartoon showing three telephone booth users in Persia, captioned as "howling Dervishes." This is a crude ethnic joke equating Persian telephone users with the Islamic Sufi sect known for ecstatic whirling, suggesting their phone conversations sound like wailing. **Various comic snippets** including observations about moods, deception, and a perfume-related pun ("Won by a nose"). The 1937 ocean liner image humorously contrasts fast transatlantic travel with the speaker's preference for slower 33-hour flights—likely satirizing the era's competing transportation technologies and anxieties about modern speed.
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“Aha,” shrieked the Lorelei, poising herself to caress the gent s” hoarsed the Con- Bather in an agony of shame; “but I must be back ere nightfall, back to the Bath-House ere nightfall—because. ” “Yes, yes, because “This suit is hired!” —Cynix B. Consolation I'm not in that mood for laughter, I'm not in that mood for play, I'm not in that mood for joking. Or shouting, “Hip, hip, hooray I’m not in that mood for kidding, I’m not in that mood for song, But there is one thing I am glad of: I’m not in that mood for long. —R.C. O. It doesn’t do you much good to have people pulling for you when you have a rope around your neck. You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but the rest of the time the joints are . jadiocked: , 1937 TransatLantic Tripper—None of those fast trips for me—give me a good old slow 33-hour plane. TEeneean |; - g — By Contrast TELEPHONE CO modern girl is not as dumb ; inted. But she cer- TTim—What's the matter with you today? Her—I don’t know; I seem to be out of myself somehow. Him—Yeah? Well, let = me know when you come back and I'll drop around. OUR TRAVELOGUES Grayce—Perey says he fell in love with me because of my ex- quisite taste in perfume. Diana—Won by a nose, eh? Telephone service in Persia—showing group of howling comicbooks.com