Judge, 1928-08-04 · page 26 of 36
Judge — August 4, 1928 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor content**, not political satire. The left side promotes Great Lakes steamship travel by the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, listing destinations like Niagara Falls and Mackinac Island with pricing. The center column, "Judging the Shows," is a **humorous essay of social stereotypes and folk wisdom** — observations presented as ironic "truths." These include offensive racial stereotypes (about Black customers), gender stereotypes (about women's appearance), and absurd claims (about shoe laces and luck). The humor relies on exaggeration and contradiction rather than topical satire. The right side shows a **bridge card game solution** — a puzzle for readers to solve, common in period magazines. The cartoon illustration at bottom right depicts a ventriloquist's dummy, accompanying the text about people's appearance and luck. **Overall context**: This is a typical Judge magazine page from the early 20th century mixing advertisements, recreational puzzles, and light satirical humor based on social prejudices and observations of everyday life — not commentary on current events or politics.
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Lenz Solution to Bridge Problem 6, Series 2 As it appeared in the July 7th issue of Judge Judging the Shows (Continued from page 17) at a man with a foreign ac “Thavel the is not to be trusted around h GREAT LAKES ©: = That on the eve of battle a First! prize-fighter is always nervous . and irritable and that it is worth | the life of his manager to go near | HE Detroit & Cleveland Naviga- him. tion Company would be pleased | to help you plan an outing on the The = . . Great Lakes of two, four, six or eight That a negro will buy the same | days, and supply you with pictures and | article much more readily if you | descriptions of many pleasant places: ask him five dollars for it than if Niagara Falls, Mackinac Island, Les ask hin one dolls Cheneaux Islands, Coryell Islands. you ask him one dollar. South has the lead. four of the ase by East Spades are Trumps. Nerth and Seu That suspenders are healthier than a belt because a belt stops the circulation around the stom- ach. | t all moving picture cow- nd brought up in SOLUTION: boys were born Jed citie: OUTH leads the Club which ; crowded cities. trumps with the eight and le H | King. South discarding the Heart. No: } natured than handsome ones. monds, AUTOMOBILES CARRIED ON | i East puts up the King. South must STEAMERS That wall paper is unsanitary. || forceu in the lead at the fourth trick, | IN your automobile tour plan to = ‘ uth discard a Dia- { aveid the congested highways for | _ That one’s character i a day or two by making part of your | judged by the kind of stationery play the King ¢ H journey by steamer. one uses. . n EACH WAY EVERY DAY Prize Winners, Problem No. 5 i That the light of an ordi Series 2 | ETWEEN Buffalo, Niagara Falls tne lato Is wore ben As it appeared in the June 30th issue {| and Detroit on Steamers Greater ‘ ap. 18 more: Ue " ed. Pitée: Machétte Carma { | Detroit and Greater Buffalo. Between eyes than the best electric | Chiesgo, He | Cleveland and Detroit on Steamers reading lamp. 1 | sud Prise: idee " i | ea eet es Gui cise ig lamp 2nd Prise: Commander A.T-Reaureratd i land III. 2nd Prise: That doing the split is extreme- CHICAGO, MACKINAC ISLAND, ly dangerous and that, if done Eugene Black, ] ST. IGNACE often, internal injuries will re- Fee ee ee Ne 1| (THE popular tourist steamers East- | sult. Special John S._ Beckett, ern States and Western States Prize: Bloomfield, N. J. 1] cover the: Toute between Sates That every sign-painter has i] Tigo tee dreams of becoming an artist. | 1] ii MUSIC. DANCING, GOLF, That the homeliest looking girls get the handsomest men and that | HIS is one of the most delightful the funniest looking men get the i | Summer outing tours on the Great A a Lakes. Famous thesis by chefs who | Most beautiful girls. e know how. Stopovers permitted at | Mackinac Island and all other ports. That shoe laces break only | THE SUMMER WONDERLAND when one is in a hurry and hasn't a shoe lace in the house, except | Cleveland to Detroit, $3; round trip solored shoe. $5.50; extra daylight boats during colored shoe, July and August. Chicago-Mackinac a ; | Island tours: Round trip, all expense: That love makes a girl prettier Buffalo to Mackinac Island, $49; to than she is, and that if she is thin Chicago, $79. Cleveland to Mackinac Island, $41.50; to Chicago, $71.50. TRAVEL THE GREAT LAKES FIRST it makes her legs and bosom fill out. That dumb people usually have ETROIT to Mackinae Island and lots of luck, and that if they only return, $30; to Chicago and return, ' ri rads e le ittle $60. E. H. McCracken, G. P. A, De. used their heads the least little troit & Cleveland Navigation Com pany, Detroit, Mich. The ventriloquist’s dummy bit they could get somewhere. revolts. oo] comicbooks.com