Judge, 1927-10-01 · page 8 of 36
Judge — October 1, 1927 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains satirical humor typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"Things We'd Like to See"** is a humorous list of impossible scenarios mixing historical/mythological figures with modern frustrations. Examples include Shakespeare profiting from Hamlet, Hercules opening a train window, and Washington succeeding socially without lying—all satirizing either human nature or contemporary annoyances (like theater box office practices). **"Cataclysmic Moments"** jokes that Mr. Buick (likely referencing the automobile manufacturer) attempts to build a "better car"—implying his current cars aren't good, a typical advertising satire. **"Leaves from Myrtle's Sketchbook"** by Harry Grant Dart depicts a family scene where Myrtle's father delivers an incomprehensible speech. The satire: his unintelligibility is praised by Cousin Bruce as "supurb rhetorical dissertation," mocking how complexity is mistaken for intelligence in sales and public speaking—a critique of empty eloquence. The page reflects Judge's focus on social satire, targeting business pretension, technological limitations, and rhetorical phoniness.
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JUDGE Things We’d Like to See Shakespeare buying a t to a Broadway production of “Ham- let” with the money he received for writing the aforementioned play. Hercules open a train window. Hannibal crossing Fifth avenue at Forty-second street. Croesus getting a reservation to a night club on urday night. Columbus discovering a theater where you can buy floor seats at the box office. Washington becoming a modern social success without telling a lie. Salome getting away with her seven-veil stuff in a Boston theater. Boccaccio publishing his De- cameron with Mr. Sumner on the job. Demosthenes making himself understood over the radio with those pebbles in his mouth. FREE LUNCH Caractysmic Moments Mr. Buick tries to build a “better car.” The telephone is a wonderful Leave instrument. It connects you with so many strangers. No. 6 ERE we have H Myrtle’s papa about to depart t city where con for the gr he, to a's ventic very rned_ speech. Nei Myrtle nor her mama understood it very well when they listened to it, but Cousin Bruce, so was present at ading, pronounced ita supurb rhetorical dissertation and predict ed that it would make a great hit. Its strength lies in its | | unsolvable complexity, according. to his. judg? “=~ ment, and the fact that nobody can ful and had a understand it should make it immense- Myrtle and her mania think that pa luable to the trade. To say some- pa looks real stylish, but Cousin Bruce understandable to a salesmen’s thinks it is too bad that his costume n would be dangerous, he hat used to necause under such circum at Barnum’s the members might wake up Museum and were consid and enter some business that was use- — guish at the opening of the The little boy who used to cling to his mother’s skirt grew up with it. ———— comicbooks.com