Judge, 1927-09-24 · page 34 of 36
Judge — September 24, 1927 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three unrelated humor pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: 1. **"Winner of Balloon Contest No. 3"**: A domestic scene where a wife complains her husband has failed to "clip the horsehair sofa"—likely a household maintenance task. The humor relies on marital friction and domestic incompetence. 2. **"To a Channel Swimmer"**: A poem mocking channel swimmers (likely referring to English Channel crossings, a popular feat). It sarcastically "marvels" at their physical prowess while insulting their intelligence—a common formula for period humor. 3. **"Judging the Shows"**: Theater gossip and anecdotes about show business characters, including references to Klaw and Erlanger (major theatrical producers/managers of the era). The humor concerns theatrical rivalries and showbiz personalities. 4. **"Dizzy Labels"**: Brief humorous definitions, including a joke about a wife named "Sharkey" who "changed her name to fight." 5. **Bottom illustration**: A fishing scene with banter between a rescued boater and an "absent-minded angler"—straightforward sight gag humor. The page reflects early 1900s concerns: domestic life, theatrical industry gossip, and recreational activities.
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Winner of Balloon Contest No. 3 as you get a job you're lookin’ around to see who needs a lickin’.” As I have said, such mots do not seem particularly hilarious when they are set down in cold type, but they surely do their What ails my Wil- |'} — Begone, false one! stuif.in the theater. For the pur- liam now? You have failed to poses of today’s lecture, I there- clip the horsehair fore suggest that you take an sofa. evening off from criticism, scoot around to the Plymouth, and give yourself a glad holiday from analysis. I'll do that for you. And you can lean back in your chair, have a jolly good time and leave all critical worries to a fellow who gets paid to do such worrying for you. To a Channel Swimmer I marvel at your powerful strokes, I marvel at your will to train, I marvel at your strength of leg, I marvel at your lack of brain. —Lonvon Opinion “Martha has a beautiful new gown. She it’s from abroad, doesn’t sh “Not exactly. It's her last year's dress which she had turned oe pp inside out, and now she says it’s from the other side.” = — Answers I call my wife Sharkey be- cause she changed her name to fight. Sophie De C. Seal, Hotel Biltmore, St. Louis, Mo. Judging the Shows W3 Ngee. (Continued from page 17) ods 435 ranch to live with her upright ad- et a Se mirer’s sister: “That'll be nice! . ‘we Se I know those dames. They al- ways want to know all the inside dirt of show business. She'll probably ask you if Klaw and Erlanger wuz ever married’”— whereupon the soused Lefty, drowsing in a corner and catch- ing the drift of the conversation but dimly, stirs long enough to “Well, what’s the differ- long as th eacl There is Gu allenged by our friend Maz soubrette, glares at the latter if she got real hungry t a soubrette—if she could ever find a clean one. And there is Bonny’s remark to this Baruer (rescued in an exhausted condition) —I say, w-w-what same mug Mazie: “Ever since are you going to do? I’ve known you, you been battlin’ Apsent-Minpep ANGLER—Throw you back; you’re not big your way outa shows. As soon enough! : —Heworist EDWARD LANGER PRINTING €O,, INC. JAM comicbooks.com