Judge, 1927-10-22 · page 8 of 36
Judge — October 22, 1927 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis: Judge Magazine Satire This page contains two distinct satirical pieces mocking 1920s high society. **"Mrs. Van Twiller-Whistle"** (left) ridicules wealthy socialites obsessed with conspicuous consumption and status. The text catalogs the fictional Mrs. Van Twiller-Whistle's deliberately *un*-fashionable behavior—she avoids horse races, photographers, social climbing, and European excess—presented ironically as proof of her snobbery. The joke targets nouveau riche pretension: her very rejection of stereotypical wealthy-woman behavior becomes another form of status-seeking affectation. **"Away from Home"** (right) is a brief comic exchange where a Chicago police commissioner asks a man why he's shooting at someone. The man replies he's "homesick"—the absurdist humor suggests desperate nostalgia drives criminal behavior. Below, brief dialogue jokes reference celebrities (Al Jolson, Gilda Gray) in a vaudeville-style format. Both pieces mock 1920s urban culture, materialism, and entertainment-world obsessions through exaggeration and ironic reversal.
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ranian named tiffi on a_ pillow <a] ing chocolates and _ getting issed and she wasnt doing any- thing for charity or social service and she hadnt danced with the prince or met the king and she preferred a day coach to a special body and she didnt travel with an entourage and 27 shoe trunks and she never wore ermine and sat in a box at the opera or had her face lifted and she thought palm beach was too fast she loved seclusion and old fashioned b: ing suits and the social re; man came around and said how do you want to be entered mrs van twiller- fer gawds sake leave off the van twiller dash part and if you must put me in make it just mrs whistle and now freddy see if you cant beat earl up to bed and the first one in gets a private fairy story some night oh goodie goodie uncle mischa nighty night oh wait i almost forgot and she didnt come over on the mayflower and had never had dinner at pierres —Jack Ciuetr Away from Home Police Commissioner Warren vy, what’s the idea of shoot- that ma: Chicagoan—I’m_ homesick, that’s all. Al Jolson—Let’s go for a Catactysmic Momen: stroll. Mnnenyentng © OMENTS Gilda Gray—Is there any moen? Al—About a pint. The heir to the Fletcher millions asserts himself. Mrs. Van Twiller-Whistle once upon a time there was a celebrity and everyone would turn and say look there goes mrs van twiller-whistle and the others would turn and look and there went mrs van twiller-whistle and she hated horse races and riding habits and she dreaded the pho- tographers and reporters and she always showed up at dinner par- ties on time so she wouldnt be conspicuous and she never said my deah and leered at you thro’ eye glasses on a stick and when the facial cream man called for a testimonial she said nothin doin and she had never gotten a paris divorce or worn pajamas at the lido and she didnt own a pome- comicbooks.com