Judge, 1928-01-14 · page 5 of 36
Judge — January 14, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three separate humorous pieces: **"Two Birds With One Spoon"** features a dialogue about cosmetic tips and social etiquette, accompanied by a cartoon of two men in formal attire sharing a spoon outdoors at night—likely satirizing either newfangled beauty trends or awkward social situations among the wealthy. **"The modern opera composer at work"** shows a chaotic scene of a man surrounded by cacophonous objects (bells, horns, tools) labeled "CLANG!" and "HONK!"—mocking contemporary experimental opera composers who abandoned traditional melodic conventions for modernist noise and dissonance. **"Monkey Business"** is a brief domestic joke about a wife unable to reach her husband. The page satirizes modern trends (cosmetics, avant-garde music) with gentle ridicule typical of Judge's upper-class humor.
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JUDGE | Two Birds With One Spoon “Lady, here's something nice. Just put a couple drops of this Sparklo in your eyes and it'll make star them shine like a movie | | “Oh, that’s too much trouble.” | “No trouble at all, lady. Just pour a little on your g every morning.” ‘apefruit The motorist has the right of way and the pedestrian has what's left. Sir Walter Raleigh—Well, it looks as if you were ina fair way to take a swing at this old neck of mine. Headsman—Not just yet. The first thing is to get it out of the ruff. A Guest—Getting a kick out of the party Host--Not yet —that comes from the neighbors in the morning. It's a hard job these days to keep the wolf from the garage door. “T know a thing or treo!” “Yeah? What's the other one?” Sh! Sybil—It's awful quiet in the house. Marge—1 guess Tom is down in the cellar operating the still. Monkey Business “Where es band to-night “[ haven't any idea. He said he was going down to the office to finish up some work.” I reach your hus- | | | The American Mercury has just turned down this slogan or proposed slogan for Eddie Guest's poems The modern opera composer at work. “Not a scoff in a carload.” | comicbooks.com