Judge, 1927-09-17 · page 31 of 36
Judge — September 17, 1927 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes humor content with advertisements. The main cartoon depicts cowboys on a Montana "dude ranch" smoking Fatima cigarettes, with the caption suggesting that despite Eastern sophistication, Western ranch hands recognize quality tobacco "wherever it hails from." The satire plays on the period's East-versus-West cultural divide—mocking pretentious Eastern attitudes while implying even rugged Westerners appreciate refined products. The "Contributor's Corner" features a humorous biography of Donald McKee (actually Raymond Griffith), a absurdist profile mixing real details with nonsensical ones (attending "Mississippi Radio College," commuting to Algiers from Siberia)—typical of Judge's surreal comedy style. Supporting jokes mock social pretension: a jockey buying a racehorse statue, a curate praying for rain to prevent dates, and a "nouveau riche" confusing the Dardanelles Strait with people. The page is dominated by period advertisements for Fatima cigarettes, Bell-ans antacid, and a "make 'em laugh" instruction book—standard for 1920s magazines.
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Our Own Contributor’s Corner Donald McKee FF’ nscore and seven years ago on a windy night in April a horseman sped through the streets of Scranton, Pa. He reined in his foam-flecked mount before the Black Diamond Saloon with a leap stood before the his nose buried in a beer. * tlemen!” he gasped to the g: idlers. “I Donald McKee!” “What of inquired the dis- gusted bartender, reaching for his shooting-iron Donald McKee, or, to giv his true name, Cole Younge native of Tungsten, R. I. He at- tended the Mississippi Radio College and was editor of the Farm Implements Gazette for six months. At present he lives in Irkutsk. Siberia, commuting to Algiers every week-end for no good reason. He is Honorary Chief Whip of the Yale crew and a dead ringer for mond Grif- fith; in fact, he is Raymond Grif- fith, though chary to admit it. Mr. McKee belongs to the Swe- denborgian faith and eats live strawberries. and him isa A well-known jockey has brought a statue of a racehorse. A. disappointed bettor says he backed one last week. —Homorisr EAST OR WEST, "THEY SV cA) KNOW THEIR CIGARETTES!” 1 ar N a certain “dude in Montana, all the cowboys are smoking Fatimas. ranch” For all their quizzical scorn of the effete East, these young | Westerners are evidently quick to recognize the real thing, | wherever it hails from! ~FATIMA a Kinkstou, or email monkey;,as a living necklet. ‘Temperance work- ers are in favor of the ide as it : ady resulted in many men signing the pledge. —Lonpon Opinion 6 BELLANS Hot water Sure Relief Beu LL-ANS FOR INDIGESTION | 25¢ and 75¢ Pke’s. Sold Everywhere “T hear you've broken off your ment with the curate, + Yes. He was so beastly Whenever he knew Jack had asked me to go out with him in his car, he prayed for rain.” —Gatery unfair. The Aristocrat — When you were abroad did you see the Dar- danelles? Nouveau Riche—Yes, we dined with them. —Answers comicbooks.com