Judge, 1927-11-19 · page 33 of 36
Judge — November 19, 1927 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes three humor cartoons with a hotel advertisement. The cartoons satirize early 20th-century domestic and social life: 1. **Absent-Minded Professor**: A husband returns home while his wife struggles with a burst pipe, yet he can't remember what errand she asked him to run. The joke mocks absent-minded intellectuals and indifferent husbands. 2. **Parlor Sofa Car**: References the novelty of automobile design innovations—here, a car styled like living room furniture, presented as ideal for a "flapper daughter" (young, modern woman of the 1920s). The satire targets excessive consumerism and automotive styling trends. 3. **Golf Caddie**: A novice golfer asks his caddie what tool retrieves a ball lost down a rabbit hole; the caddie suggests a "vacuum cleaner." The humor mocks the absurdity of the question and implies over-reliance on modern appliances. The **Hotel Cleveland advertisement** occupies the right half, promoting luxury accommodations to wealthy Clevelanders at moderate rates ($3/night).
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ABSENT-MINDED Proressorn—(returning home, to wife bravely struggling with burst pipe)—Let me see, my dear—what did you ask me to go down to the village for? —Hvenorist Yes, the new parlor sofa car is just the thing for your flapper daughter. Prize Novice—(whose ball has disappeared down a rabbit hole)—What is the best thing to use here, caddie? Cappie (shortly)—A vacuum cleaner, —Passinc Suow (levelanders Prefer the CLEVELAND "THEY: who know it best, prefer Hotel Cleveland for its excep- tional food, its quiet but friendly service, its furnishings and at- mosphere of a luxurious home. Clevelanders who are accus- tomed to the best the city affords, lunch and dine here every day and recommend this hotel to out-of- town friends. They consider it— as you will—more like a private club than a hotel. Yet rates for many rooms are as low as $3, and a moderate priced Lunch Room supplements the main dining rooms. Hotel Cleveland is on the Public Square, convenient to all parts of the city. Every room has pri- vate bath and servidor service. HOTEL LEVELAND PUBLIC SQUARE, CLEVELAND comicbooks.com