Judge, 1928-04-28 · page 34 of 36
Judge — April 28, 1928 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge magazine (circa 1928) contains a reader contest and humor pieces: **The Main Contest:** A "Fifty-Fifty" competition asking readers to complete a witty dialogue. A woman (Evelyn) asks George why he doesn't believe in "companionate marriage"—a 1920s concept of marriage based on companionship and equality rather than traditional roles. Readers must supply Gwendolyn's response for a $25 prize. The joke hinges on whatever amusing reason George might have for rejecting this modern marriage ideal. **Supporting Humor Pieces:** Brief comic exchanges satirizing British class attitudes (a boy dismissing piano practice as servants' work) and vanity (a sailor dressed up only on Sundays; a woman choosing a tailor over a hero based on spending habits). The overall tone reflects Jazz Age attitudes toward marriage modernization and social pretension—typical Judge magazine fare mixing wordplay with gentle social observation.
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Judge’s Fifty-Fifty Contest No. 5 Evetyx—IVhy doesn’t George believe in companionate marriage? GwendoLyN— ......--6-- UDGE will award a prize of $25 for the cleverest second line in the above conversation. Study the situation, the characters, and their expressions, and then write the fun- niest, snappiest line you can think of. In case two or more persons submit the same winning line, $25 will be awarded to each. Any reader of JUDGE may compete. Any number of lines may be submitted, but each one MUST be submitted on a POSTCARD, or a sheet of paper the size of a Postcard, OR IT WILL NOT BE CON- SIDERED. No answers will be returned. Contest No. 5 closes May 10, 1928. The winning answer will appear in the June 9th issue of Jupce. Check will be mailed to the winner on that date. In the meantime Fifty-Fifty Contest No. 6 will appear next week. Send your answers to the Fifty-Fifty Editor of Jupcr, 627 West 43rd St., New York City. Mark the number of the Contest on the front of your envelope. Moturn—Archibald, what is the meaning of this? I told you to do your piano practice. : Puvtocnat’s Son—Hang it all, mater, what does one keep servants for? —Passtne Siow Judging the Shows (Continued from page 18) of reviving plays that no more call for revival than Carrie Na- tion, and so add to the troubles of the box-office and the depres- sion of everybody in general. More than half of the p! re- vived during the present season offered no earthly reason for re- vival, and the staging and acting thed to them offered con- ly less. A revival pretty ally betokens a lazy or cow- ardly manager, a fellow either without enough enterprise to find a worthy new manuscript or one who is afraid to gamble on a play that has not previously been demonst values, have said, i s exception, It is an amusing affs But the re- vival that Mr. Wagner has given it is so beautifully incompetent that the poor play is now prob- ably killed for at least fifty years. All Dressed Up Sea Captain—Bit of a swell today, sir. Visitor—Nice of you to say so —but, then, you ought to see me on Sundays. —Leaton Wrexry Panto Stage Hand (to man- ager)—Shall I lower the curtain, guv-nor? One of the living statues has the hiccups. —Axswens “Doris thought she would marry her hero until she heard much he spent at the tailor’s. “Well?” “Then she decided to marry the tailor.” —Kanixateren, Osto Poet—What do you think of eret™ > 5 You ought to have it to yourself. —Passina Siow The rest of one’s days often depends on the rest of one’s nights. —Everysopy’s Wrekry Se 5 Erskine” “What's this? m Erskine yuh” EUWAND LANGER PRINTING CO., INC. JaMalCa, 3. T. comicbooks.com