Judge, 1927-12-03 · page 34 of 36
Judge — December 3, 1927 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page contains Judge's weekly pun contest announcement and two separate humor pieces: **The Pun Contest** solicits readers' worst puns for $25, with winning entries illustrated by Judge's artists. **"Moon and Sixpence"** (top cartoon) depicts laundry on a clothesline—a simple visual pun on the title. **"A High Hat Hoax"** (main story by Jack Cluett) is a rambling anecdote about a woman shopping for a fashionable hat at "Miss Towne's" shop. The milliner keeps bringing increasingly absurd models (boxing helmet, watering can, soap dish effect) to satisfy the customer. Finally, the shopkeeper simply adds a small blue "bob" decoration to the woman's *original* hat and convinces her it's a new Paris model—charging her $50. The joke: vanity and fashion snobbery make consumers easily duped. **Bottom cartoon** shows a house-owner explaining to a worker that he's arranged to marry once construction finishes; the worker replies they'll drag out the job indefinitely—a joke about contractors' delays. These are genteel, pre-1920s humor pieces typical of Judge's satirical approach to fashion, class, and everyday absurdities.
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Judge’s Weekly Pun Contest A High Hat Hoax say kids did i ever tell you about the dame that went to miss townes to buy a new hat did i bennie i didnt well bunch around uncle jack till you hear it well it seems this dame wanted a new lid and shed had hers about two days and it was getting out of style and everything and instead of ai s sket effect hers looked like a boxing helmet and she went in and said i want a new hat and miss towne brought out one and said theres a neat “Moon and Sixpence” model and tried it on and the dame said no noap and so miss Winner for week ending Nov. 19th towne brought out a wash basin JOSEPH F. HARRIS, Hartford, Conn. effect and said just step into that and the dame said no that looks Send in your worst pun. Jupce will pay $25 for the most terrible just like mrs roys and miss ved each week—and it 2 i ed by one of JupGe's towne said ah_ her just the and the original drawing will be sent to the winner; except in thing and poked her ears under the case of a tie. In case more than one contestant sends in the win- another head guard thing and ning pun during the same week for which the prize is awarded—each the dame said no it dont set just will receive the prize. tight and the store keeper All puns must be submitted on post cards or slips of paper the size brought out still another very of post cards. None will be returned. if oe model jand, ‘said, madam . . . . . if you dont let me wrap that up Address, Pun Editor of Judge, 627 W. 43rd St., New York City. youre silly and the dame said no I dont care for the soap dish effect and poor miss towne walked back and came out with a watering can model and the dame still said no mrs henry has one just like that and miss towne said we could put the spout on the other side and alter it there and take in there and push up there and spin this nubbin around there and the dame said no i guess you havent the model i want and miss towne began to get nervous and drop rosettes and things out of her mouth and said madam a jiffy a jiffy some- thing has just come in from the rue de la pay and she went and sneaked the dames own hat off the table and took it back shop and pinned a little blue thing a bob on it and came running out with it spinning on her finger just as if it had just come from the rue and she said here we are madam right from paris and the dame tried it on and it fit and she didnt realize it was her old hat with a gadget on it and she was delighted and said stunning miss towne ill wear it right out and she did and it set her back 50 and she did that too for petes Owner or Partiarty-Comptetep Hovse—The fact of the sake is that clock right if it is matter is, I’ve arranged to get married as soon as the house is you kids had better get a wiggle complete. on and if you make it real Crerk or Works (understandingly)—Don’t you worry, sir. snappy uncle jack will buy you We'll ’ang the job out as long as we can. each a brand new derby for —Passinc SHow christmas —Jack CLuetr EDWAED LANGER PRINTING CO., ING., JAMAICA, N. ¥ comicbooks.com