Judge, 1928-05-19 · page 4 of 36
Judge — May 19, 1928 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It's a "Cosmopolitan Educational Directory" featuring schools and academies from the 1920s-30s era. The advertisements mock educational institutions through exaggerated course descriptions: - **Miss Wayward's School for Girls** satirizes finishing schools by listing absurd "courses": "How to talk to a Yale Man," "the art of make-up," and "How to get out of getting dinner"—mocking both girls' education and gender expectations of the era. - **Bugle Military Academy** and **Haig & Haig School for Boys** advertise character-building and masculine development ("red-blooded 100% American Manhood"). - **Cootsie-Cootsie School for Girls** jokingly references summer camps. The satire targets the pretentiousness of elite educational institutions while reflecting contemporary anxieties about gender roles and class aspiration.
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jane (GSmopolitan EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY Girls Come to Cootsie-Cootsie Camp Because of its refined associations a They are allowed pure gin on thei fudge they can eat and other such liberties. acing atmosphere. wreak fast, all the For further information address Mr. and Mrs. D. Tremens, Drinks-on-the-Hudson, N,V | MISS WAYWARD'S | SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Unusual Advantages Special Courses Domestic Science How to mix the latest drinks. How to get out of getting dinner The Languages Student How to talk to a Yale Man, or to Rody a Truck Driver. ART, the art of make-up MISS WAYWARD'S SCIIGOL Ham-on-Rye, N. Y. “Fun in the Gym.” The School Presentation of “Hamlet” BUGLE Develops red-blooded 100% Ameri- | can Manhood! All our Graduates a | | GO-GETTERS! SPECIAL IMER CAMP RATES Blast-on-the-Bugle, N.Y. | = —_ ] HAIG & HAIG 1 SCHOOL FOR BOYS One of our” classrooms. CHARACTER BUILDING of our Graduates are successful Distillers, Bartenders, ete. GIVE YOUR BOY A CHANCE! 1) Bust-on-the-Beezer, N. Y. comicbooks.com