Judge, 1928-10-13 · page 2 of 36
Judge — October 13, 1928 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# "The Clubfellow's Column" - Judge Magazine This page features a regular humor column by Miss Olie Bayles, a satirist specializing in short-skirt jokes. The column humorously traces how Bayles became a contributor: she arrived at the editor's office in 1905 carrying a Barlow knife, a Ringling Brothers circus pass, and joke materials, which she left scattered in the editor's desk and drain pipe. The surrounding decorative illustrations depict clubfellows (apparently young men and women) engaging in casual activities—juggling, playing instruments, cycling—representing the magazine's target audience of leisure-class readers. The page includes a subscription coupon for Judge's parent company, indicating this was a revenue-generating element of the publication. The humor relies on genteel satire about magazine operations and contributors.
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The Clubfellow’s Column While it has long been a trade secret, in response to thousands of requests from our public we have agreed to tell all. lives of our contributors We have agreed to expose the Miss Olie Bayles is the bright-faced Little Miss Olie came over from Hoboken on a lassie featured this week load of hay the morning of August the Fourteenth, 1905. was preparing to enter grammar school (Which later was torn down.) Trip- ping into the editor's office with her inimitable trip, she pulled a Barlow At that time she knife, a pass to Ringling Brothers cir- cus and a joke out of her pockets, and leaving them on the editor's desk crawled softly down the drain pipe. When the editor woke up, there they were. Since that memorable day, little Olie has been one of our main contributors She specializes on the short skirt joke She is our short skirt joke contributor and my reference to this subject in the magazine is entirely the work of Miss Bayles, who is delightfully old-fash- ioned and slightly deaf in her right ear Miss Bayles is only one of the thou- sand artists who make Junce the unique magazine it is each week. We publish every Thursday whether we get paid or not. If newsstands confuse you, we suggest you take advantage of the busi- ness-like coupon on this page. Ly, u Miss Olie Bayles, the jokesmith! well known Miss Bayles is the one under the feathers Judge Publishing Company, Inc., 627 W. 43d St., New York City. Gextirmes: 1 would like magazine each week for one year 1 am enclosing oo fot coca Name Address City comicbooks.com