Judge, 1929-03-09 · page 34 of 36
Judge — March 9, 1929 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page combines a Statler Hotels advertisement with humorous social commentary typical of Judge magazine's satirical style. **The Main Cartoon:** The illustration labeled "BOOM!" depicts figures (appearing to be comedians or entertainers named Moran and Mack, referenced in the caption) being explosively ejected from a room—likely a visual gag about rowdy nightclub behavior or hotel management removing disruptive guests. **The "High Hat" Column:** This is a society/entertainment gossip section mocking the pretensions of New York's nightlife scene. The author satirizes: - Speakeasy culture (the "beer garden" with hospital cots suggests Prohibition-era establishments) - High-hat nightclub snobbery (Club Lido, Club Dizzy) - Performers like Beatrice Lillie and the Marx Brothers - The affectation of wealthy patrons wasting money at exclusive venues **The Satire's Point:** Judge ridicules both the shallow vanity of nightclub society and the artificial class distinctions of establishments claiming superiority while merely serving alcohol illegally during Prohibition. The page reflects 1920s American culture: Prohibition, vaudeville entertainment, and Jazz Age nightlife pretension.
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The parison of the values they offer: EQUIPMENT: tion, its own pri atlers invite your scrutiny and com- Every room has radio recep- ie bath, circulating ice- water, bed-head reading lamp, and the other characteristic Statler conveniences —includ- ing a morning paper under the SERVIC trained employees, working DOr. Statler service rendered by nder the most g” known, liberal policies of ‘guest-pleasi More than 82% of the Statler rooms occupancy. Fixed rates are posted in every Statler room. The,» organization of O70 Atkin there are Statlers in BOSTON —- BUFFALO -- CLEVELAND DETROIT -- ST. LOUIS. NEW YORK (Hotel Pennsylcania) HOTELS STATLER “Look, Mamma! Goody, goody! Moran and Mack oD udge hotels by what you get I High Hat (Continued from page 17) head and toss him from the room, I don’t know what I'd do with- out Tomato—faithful old alm If he interrupts me those faithful old almond ey will swell into big black wal- eves! nuts Oh—well—*Follow ‘Thra” peachy show, no end! is a I'm going to say nothing of “Whispering Gallery”—restraint is the most adorable thing about me. Dropped into an Eighty-sisth Street beer garden t’other evening. The tables had been taken out of the place and hospital cots had 1 in, 1 re- aiters. know been mov Surgeons placed I wanted t all about it, of course, a pretty nurse told me there wv much ether in the beer being served, that people were demand- ing operations along with it. | Dropped into the Dizzy Club ning. It isn’t as high hat stting to be—the old which was made into sso same as it was nickel piano, a ten-cent one, nickels Among the night clubs, if you belong, I should say the Club Lido offers most for your wasted money. Beatrice Lillie, the fe- male Four Marx Brothers, drolls there nightly, and Moss and Fon- tana, the high-hat hoofers, dance right into your heart. Going from the Club Lido to any other night club is like going from Bar- ney Gallant's to church, Personar—lIf_ the who had Forrest The: evening will ard $6.60 the unused seat, she will be partly forgiven, Juver, Jn. is now playing to gain. you date to meet me They Also Serve Waiter—Has your order been taken? | Waitee—Yes and so was my | photograph when I was a child. —Denuix Orisios A placid old lady who took life philosophically sat knitting in the drawing-room. To her there caine rushing her fifteen-year-old nddaughter. “Oh, granny, granny,” cried the girl, “father’s just fallen off the roof ¥, my child,” replied the . without even raising her T saw him pass the win- —Tir Bits comicbooks.com