Judge, 1927-09-03 · page 4 of 36
Judge — September 3, 1927 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains humor columns and cartoons satirizing early 20th-century American social behavior: **"Tweet Tweet!"** mocks affected, pretentious speech patterns among the upper classes—criticizing people who use unnecessarily fancy language. **"Show Me the Way"** jokes about modern morality: young women claiming to be modest while engaging in scandalous behavior (unchaperoned auto rides), and the hypocrisy of photography as "evidence" of propriety. **"Fair Enough"** presents marital humor about domestic tension and gift-giving confusion. **"At the Movies"** satirizes women's fashion, joking that if dresses get any shorter, women will have nothing left to wear. The bottom cartoon about "pursuit of knowledge" appears to reference academic or intellectual pretense. The overall tone reflects period anxieties about changing social mores, particularly regarding women's liberation and class affectation.
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At the Movies “Wake me up when this pie- ture’s over.” “y but who's going to wake If women cut their dresses down any more, they'll be cutting them up so far that they might as well cut them out altogether. Tweet Tweet! “Whaffo’ you lookin’ so un necessary lutinous ?”” “Ah feels like a dumb owl. Predicament.” “Reveal yo’ meanin’, man.” “Ah jes’ don’t give a hoot.” Show Me the Way Little girls today believe that they should be seen... . Then there's the sheik who took his girl auto riding and made the chaperon walk bac The camera never lies, and it takes a family some people that the truth is a terrible thing. album to convince Fair Enough or Why Married Couples Fight Mrs. Spatt—What would you f I told you I put poison in your coffee this morning? Mr.—I would say the coffee tasted better than usual. say “I'm having no end of fun keeping Bob guessing with this ring that Mother gave me.” “Yeth?” lisped her — friend. “Thort of a teething-ring, tho to thpeak.” | | | —— =z comicbooks.com