Judge, 1928-11-10 · page 2 of 36
Judge — November 10, 1928 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# "The Clubfellow's Column" Analysis This page features a humorous column supposedly written by "Lord Beaverbrook III," a fictional English sportsman. The accompanying photograph shows an actual elderly gentleman, likely the real Lord Beaverbrook, presented as the column's authority. The letter describes comical misadventures with horses and hunting, establishing Beaverbrook as an absurd, accident-prone character despite his supposed expertise. The joke appears to be satirizing English upper-class pretensions and the gap between aristocratic reputation and actual competence. The page is surrounded by whimsical illustrations of people in various physical predicaments, reinforcing the theme of bumbling incompetence. A coupon at bottom advertises "Juice"—likely a patent medicine or tonic, typical of Judge magazine's commercial content, suggesting the entire column may be tongue-in-cheek advertising.
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We are very pi clubman- et-the-month, Lord Beaverbottom III, the well-known yachtsman, dry-fly fish: erman and wart-hog connoisseur. Lord his sum. Blackbot Beaverbottom writes us from mer residence in Devonshire, tom Hall, Heath Copse, F. O. matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays The letter was translated as follows: Priend: ‘sme a great deal of pleasure you of my successfui experi- ith June. Fer years 1 t driac, and between acutely from horse mania, Month in and month out traveled about the world trying to rid f of this dread affliction, but no r where I landed sooner or later wcould run across th fic tive odor of the treacherous horse chestnut bloom and become a victim of the horse chest- ich dr its afflicted to y strange games and antics I had just about given up hope whe I chanced upon a copy of Juncy. in the lobby of Whether it was due to this casual experience or to the fact that insanity runs in both an cestral branches I cannot say at time I haz my old comple ck and find it most laugh- Your servant, Lorn Bravervottom IT]. We are justly proud of our friends across the water, but whether you live in Britain or America we recommend Jupcr an unfailing antidote against political speeches, heebie-jeebies, garden parties, amateur’ story-tellers and all other modern diseases. Just mail us the coupon. We'll see that you get Juncr Lord: Beaverbottom HT, known English sportsman, who spends his spare time refuting the theory that the English hi » sense_of humor (The fact that he roams England un- molested should be ent proof.) er ge F Ing Co., Ine. TW. 43rd 8 New York, N, comicbooks.com