Judge, 1929-01-05 · page 8 of 36
Judge — January 5, 1929 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# JUDGE Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* contains multiple satirical pieces typical of 1920s American humor: **"O, Limpus!" dialogue**: Two working-class women discuss meeting a poet at a fish tank/aquarium. The satire mocks both their lowbrow vernacular and the pretension of literary fame—they've never heard of Percy Bysshe Shelley, a canonical Romantic poet, yet accept he's "famous" because he says so. This ridicules both cultural ignorance and artists' self-promotion. **"His Dance and His Chance"**: References "Stuttering John" at a dance marathon, with a pun about his stutter being less noticeable amid dancing noise. The broader text mocks the talking-picture craze in Scotland and various forms of stupidity (being "born dumb," acquiring it, or removing overcoats while weighing oneself). **Bottom illustration**: Shows a dentist using mechanical traps attached to a chair to "drown out patient's cries"—dark humor about dental pain and incompetence. The humor relies on class-based comedy, wordplay, and absurdist exaggeration typical of interwar American satire magazines.
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PH Tug of Wine, His Dance and His Chance He said it while dancing, Did Stuttering John; How lucky for him ‘twas A dance marathon! The talking movies are going over big in Scotland. Everyone stands out in front of the theatre and listens. Some people are born dumb, others acquire dumbness and others take their overcoats off when they're getting weighed and hold them on their arms. “Give sentence using the word bewitches.” “Go a 4i—T'll bewitehes in a minute JUDGE F Verses underneath the bou fe oe Loaf of Bread O, Limpus! First Salesperson—L hear you got vou a new sweet ‘ond Ditto re. First Ditto—Where'd you pick him off of ? Second Ditto—Well, it’s like this: A coupla Sund’ys age [din have nothin on, so thinks T, Pll mosey down to th’ fish theayter. Well, [Pm standin’ there in front of th’ tank when along blows. a coupla cute saylors, Well, firs’ thing vou know we gets to carryin’ on a conversation: like en one thing an another an’ this o an ine is like a pair io” Simese twins. First Ditto—What is he? A 1 or somethin’? ond Ditto—Admiral, h—l, he's a poct. First) Ditto—My gawd. you ain’t goin’ litry or somethin’ ? Second Ditto—-Lissen: He's a famous poet. Everybody knows A about him, [tell ya he's famous. First Ditto—Who toldjer? Second Ditto—We did. First Ditto--Whas his name? Second — Ditto—His name's Shelley. Perey Somethin’ Shelley. First Ditto—Never heard of it. Second Ditto—Neither did 1. But he’s famous all over th’ worl’. He's wre! ra books 0° this here poetry an’ whadder you think? He tol’ me he's gonna gimme one o’ his books an’ orter graff it too. —Groncr Mirenent. Dentist with set of traps attached to chair, so as to drown ont patient's cries. comicbooks.com ¢