Judge, 1928-06-30 · page 34 of 37
Judge — June 30, 1928 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page announces Judge's upcoming "House Organ Number"—a special issue spoofing corporate publications. The main content consists of brief humorous anecdotes and jokes typical of Judge's satirical format. The cartoons and jokes target various social conventions: a woman's remarriage ("got over" her first husband quickly), dating economics (a man screening girls by weight before expensive outings), and advertising absurdities (bath salts with warnings about removing plugs). There's wordplay on aviation ("discard an ace"), fortune-telling overpricing, and a reference to Guy de Maupassant's risqué stories. The illustrations show everyday scenarios—a car accident, a fortune teller, people dining—rendered in Judge's characteristic line-drawing style. The humor relies on period-specific social anxieties: gender dynamics, class-conscious dating, and Victorian propriety about literature and bathing. This reflects early 20th-century American middle-class preoccupations with propriety, dating etiquette, and changing social mores.
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Something New! Next Week’s Issue of JUDGE | will be called the HOUSE ORGAN NUMBER It will be the latest of the series of Burlesques which have been so popular this past year. They have been selling out on the newsstands, so you | better overcome that sales resistance early! The Biggest Laugh of the Year for Fifteen Cents Do you know how to mix a BRANDY GUMP? “HERE'S HOW!” Gives you the inside dope on this wonderful drink, Not to mention 54 other knockout recipes and toasts! Send a dollar, with this ad, to 627 West 43rd St., y, and he will mail you a copy. Winner of Judge’s 50-50 Contest No. 8 COLEMAN E, ADAMS Philadelphia, Pa. Sin Eocar—Why would you rather marry an aviator? Lavy Everyn—It would be silly to discard an ace. Tur Victim—Thanks, aifully! My name's Smith, Pardon | name is Brown my not getting up. I don’t see how you can afford to take so many girls to expensive yi T always ask cach girl if she hasn't been put- ting on weight, just before we go in.” —Tir Brrs Gypsy—VNl tell your fortune, mister. “How much?” “Half-a-crown.” “Correct.” ‘ Giascow News Bath salts guaranteed to make women slim are advertised. We understand that there is a cau- tionary note on cach package warning users not to remove the | plug before leaving the bath. | ~—Lonpon Opinion Ponrre: Straxcen—Pardon me, but may I assist you? —Passine Siow “Mrs. Smith scems to have got over the death of her first. hus- band.” but her second husband hasn't Nacet’s Lestrmrn Wert, | Berlin “I been readin’ such spicy stories, Mrs. Geitlebaum, by that goy de Maupassant.” —Tur Bovurevannien EDWARD LANGEE PRINTING €O., INC., JaMalea, 7. comicbooks.com