Judge, 1928-05-19 · page 5 of 36
Judge — May 19, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis: Judge Magazine Page This page is primarily **advertisements** with one satirical section. The left column features "Backward Children" - a mock school advertisement mocking progressive education trends. The satire suggests modern schools are producing intellectually backwards students who read highbrow magazines, eat with forks, and might vote for "Al Smith" (likely the 1928 presidential candidate). The joke targets anxiety about unconventional educational methods. Below are genuine ads for correspondence schools: "The Reckless School of Home Wrecking," "The Pickpocket School," and "The Calliope School of Music" - all fake schools using absurdist humor to mock dubious correspondence-school industry practices. The right side features genuine advertisements for "Bring Mawr" establishment and a stammering cure. The humor relies on readers' familiarity with 1920s educational reform debates and mail-order school scams.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
BACKWARD CHILDREN Is Your Child Does he read the Cosmopolitan? Does he eat ice cream with a fork ? BRING MAWR Egg-on-Toast, New York ea theatrical critic? Does he go to Night Clubs? Is he going to vote for Al Smith? Does he believe in Behaviorism ? TUTOR HIM! TTORS WALK EVEN OUR TL BACKWARDS! BACKWOODS! AND RUN SCHOOL FOR BACKWARD CHILDREN ee Fa THE RECKLESS SCHOOL OF HOME WRECKING An Ideal Vocation for Women. After our course you can wreck a ey in ten seconds flat a i your husband a handi Write for Particulars , NEW YORK THE PICKPOCKET PIKE'S PICK, COLO. A snapshot of the Grar 8 trying to pick © You Can Pick Up a Good Living After a Course at the PICKPOCKET SCHOOL ENROLL NOW! The Rest Hour Exclusiveness is the note at Bring Mawr! Our pupils are not even allowed to speak to each other! When they graduate they are finished! So's their old man! The Calliope School of One of our pupils giving a recital at the Iquarinm. Send Your Daughter to the Calliope School and you'll have no trouble with your Neighbors! Our Practice Studios are situated nine miles off the Battery. A pair of Handcuffs is furnished with each Diploma. STAMMERING ITS CAUSE AND CURE We correct your impediment, send it back like new Liberal allowance on tra “in, urself Now of Stamu with Our Guaranteed System ROCK & RYE, BRONX, N. Y. Particular attention is Called to the fact that every a exident. Norman Anthooy and picture appearing to JU DoE pe ott comicbooks.com