Judge, 1928-12-15 · page 28 of 36
Judge — December 15, 1928 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, likely from the 1920s based on styling and references. The main content consists of three advertisements: 1. **Daniel Hays Gloves** - A Christmas gift advertisement for "Saratoga Flair" pull-on gloves ($5.00), emphasizing their quality construction and washability. 2. **West Indies Cruises** - Promotional material for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company offering Caribbean vacation voyages, with Christmas and New Year cruises starting at $140 for 14 days. 3. **"Judging the Movies"** - A column continuing from page 21, discussing whether dialogue should be included in forthcoming film productions, with skepticism about "talking pictures" and references to specific films like "Napoleon's Barber." The page also contains brief humor items: a caption "'Ah, there goes the dear Bishop!'" from *Tit-Bits*, a dialogue joke about marriage economics, and a crude political jab at Tammany Hall. The content reflects 1920s concerns about emerging "talking pictures" technology and period humor conventions.
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Stitches will not ravel even though thread 15 cut or broken OR Christmas give him a glove that’s a little away from the FF esa yet one he can wear with comfort and satisfaction. The “Saratoga Flair” is a pull-on glove—quite the smartest thing ior street or driving. Made of strong, flexible calfskin with a side vent which makes it easy to slip on and off. Hand cut, with hand-sewn back and hem—and washable! Daniel Hays Gloves W Ost Gide st Lidies CRUISES 14 DAYS for as low as $140 7 new winter vacation voyages on the popular cruising finer ®"ARAGUAYA” 17,500 tons displacement HERE’S YOUR CHRISTMAS CRUISE Sail Dec.22—Celebrate Christmas Evening and the day after in Havana—Visit Nassau, Baha- mas—Spend New Year's Eve j in Bermuda. 6 LATER CRUISES — EACH 2 WEEKS Visiting Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Nassau—Jan. 5, Jan. 22, Feb. 7, Feb. 23, March 12, March 28.—same low price. S.S. “AVON” TO BERMUDA Sailing every Thursday beginning Dec. 13 For booklets and further information apply to THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO. 26 Broadway, New York — Or Local Agents “Ah, there goes the dear Bishop!” —Tit-Bits Judging the Movies (Continued from page 21) much dialogue should be inserted into forthcoming productions, it is our prophecy, and hope that before another year these same houses will be desperately adver- tising “silent pictures only,” and then the Radio Corporation and the General Electric Company and the Western Electric can take their radio devices and let the children play with them in the nursery. There's. more to that discussion, but it'll come out later. What I meant to was that “Napoleon's Barber’ is not much fun, and “On Trial” and “The Home Towners” couldn't even draw a stock company audi- ence with their age against them, and talking devices have failed to provide anything approaching monkey glands. Clerk—My wife and I find it very hard for two persons to live on my salary. Well, what do you ex pect me to do, get you a divorce? Passina Sttow WE HEREOF TAMMANY PARTISAN TAMMANY PALS BEHAVIOR FOOL SELF. comicbooks.com