Judge, 1927-12-10 · page 25 of 36
Judge — December 10, 1927 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **shopping guide** for Christmas gifts in 1920s New York, with a small cartoon at the bottom. The main cartoon depicts a street scene with pedestrians wearing striped clothing, captioned "If everyone who got a 'ticket' had to wear stripes." This appears to reference **Prohibition enforcement**: a "ticket" likely means a citation or arrest for violating alcohol laws. The joke is a dark satirical comment suggesting that if everyone who violated Prohibition were forced to wear identifying stripes (like convicts), the streets would be entirely striped—implying Prohibition was so widely flouted that enforcement was futile or absurd. The page also includes a boxed section titled "The Six Best Steppers" listing popular songs from the Broadway show "Funny Face," likely referencing both dance steps and the show's appeal. The bulk of the page is advertising copy for Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue luxury shops selling furniture, jewelry, lamps, and decorative items—typical Judge magazine content mixing satire with commercial promotion.
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\i] \ "Hm This being the Shopping Number, it might not be amiss to mention a few, odd places where one may pick up attractive Christmas gifts. 281 5th Ave—House of India. If you care for things which ack of the Orient—marvelous tapestries, and strange, decorative things which have no names. 323 5th Ave—Long San Ti. About the best place for Chinese curios. Exquisite antique porce- lain and Chinese jades (please note, B. Fs.). 40% Sth Ave—Mark Cross. Leather goods of all kinds. Traveling bags, hand bags, guest Really : books, gloves, ete., gte. marvelous selection. 730 5th Ave—Mosse. House- hold linens and laces. And, my dears, stunning handkerchiefs for the B. F. 699 5th Ave. and 409 Madison t Lewis. Wonderfully deco tive things for the household and stunning accessories for women, 15 W. 57th St.—Barry. An- tique jewelry a specialty. 30 W. 57th St. Smokers’ requisites. Russell's. Cigarette cases—any size, shape or mate- rial. rgantuan matches with ash trays in proportion. St—The Bohe- Czecho-Slo- ndle- 35 W. 57th i Irresistible china, lamps, ¢ ash trays and vases. 45 W. 57th St.—Miss Eliza- beth M. Coles. Unique jewelry made especially to suit the per- sonality. JUDGE Hon 9 E. 57th St-—Mayfair. Don’t overlook the children. | Whole cities with gardens and orchards already planted and a_ railroad running right through the center of the town. Proud and beauti ful lady dolls with the most com- plete and most gorgeous ward- robes. Bold, bad, fascinating Apaches. Very sturdy donkeys and elephants that could carr man weighing at least thirty pounds. And the craziest sort of dogs with scarcely anything for a face except a tuft of fuzz. 588 Madison Ave.—Can-Dle- Luxe Shop. Just about every variety of colorful lamps, shades, candles and candle sticks. 584 Madison Bros. Ave.—Benello Venctian glass—and what exquisite things! Perfume bot- tles, fish lamps, pareh ment lamp shades bowls, nd those huge bottles which you can’t and don’t want to do anything with except have them around. 560 Madison Ave.—Maniusha. More antique jewelry. (Atten- tion, B. Fs.) 540 Madison Ave. — Megill Porto Rico Shop. Dice pillows made in all shades of leather. Teaser, ® 528) Madison Ave. Comforts, Inc. - Carlin Luscious boudoir pillows and silk coverings of all sorts. 500 Madison Ave. Importeur Objets derne. And how! Dahlberg. dArt Mo Modernistic furniture, lamps, book ends, and little figures—animal or other. | wise. | 95 Allen St.—H. ‘Tuttman. If you are searching for rare brass, don’t overlook this place. Marvelous things. There seems | to be a whole colony of brass — | dealers in this section, so don’t xo to the wrong place. ‘Tutt man’s is the original. | 17 W. sth St—Beed. For un- usual picture frames. And flow- | ers, flower boxes, book ends. lamps. candlesticks and ash trays done in a sort of aged metal. Very attractive. 37 Wall St.—Tessaro’s. Rare books in nice bindings. 2 W. 45th St.—Putnam’s. For playing ecards with black backgrounds. | The Six Best Steppers | (AU from “Funny Face’) “High Hat” “Le’s Kiss and Make Up” S'Wonderful” ell the Doe” | “What Am I Going to Do” | “He Loves and She Loves” | | to wear stripes _ eel comicbooks.com