Judge, 1927-08-06 · page 4 of 36
Judge — August 6, 1927 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"Popularizing the old-fashioned bathing suit"** shows a woman in modest vintage swimwear on a pedestal above a crowd, satirizing fashion trends of the era. **"Two More"** appears to be humorous anecdotes about infidelity and misfortune, typical of Judge's joke-column format. **"Beach Nut"** mocks asylum guards who capture an escaped patient on a beach, then casually invite him swimming—suggesting incompetence or darkly comic indifference. **"The movie house cooling plant that got out of hand"** depicts an overambitious theater air-conditioning system that has expanded wildly. This satirizes both technological optimism and commercial excess during the early air-conditioning era, when such systems were novel and sometimes malfunctioned spectacularly. The page reflects 1920s-30s concerns: fashion, domestic scandals, and industrial modernization.
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JUDGE Two More The young things sat looking at the ocean. “And you shall wait at our door for me,” he was saying, “in « bungalow apron.” “And you will come running down the street with an evenins paper under your arm.” “And we shall kiss, and I will give you my envelope——" It was a lyrical night. The bats were homing in the belfry, cuckoos lilted in the trees, bees were drowsing in the bonnets. “My wife has eloped with my best friend.” “Who is h “I don't know—I never met him.” “Jones is one pedestrian who happened to a bit of luck re- vently at was th: “He was hit by an ambulance.” The Greatest Predicament is shown in the case of the barber who contracted lock jaw. Clothier—This suit will wear like iron. Customer—VL take it, then— I'm making a trip to Chicago nest week. Popularizing the old-fashioned bathing suit. Beach Nut The guards from the asylum caught up with the escaped on the bathing beach. The day was warm, and the chase had been ing. “ go in for a swim before we return,” suggested Guard One. “What'll we do with this guy?” sked Two. “Take him with us.” So in they went and took their dip in the ocean. “Is your husband idle these days, or did he get that appoint- ment as a prohibition agent?” “Yes. A great many night club guests don’t wait fora raid to go under y the table. movie house cooling plant that got out of hand. comicbooks.com