Judge, 1929-05-04 · page 4 of 36
Judge — May 4, 1929 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two separate humorous pieces. The top cartoon "Fiend Beats Beauty" depicts slapstick humor involving a woman at a street lamp being chased by what appears to be a demon or devilish figure—likely satirizing melodramatic silent-film tropes popular in that era. The main feature, "Guests Should Be Left to Their Own Resources," humorously recounts a guest's chaotic weekend at a country house. The host couple left early, instructing guests to help themselves. The narrative escalates from mundane activities (shooting roosters at 4 AM) to shooting dogs, with the punchline showing a disheveled salesman asking if "the lady of the house" is home—implying the guest's destructive rampage has caused considerable damage to the property.
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JUDGE Got up at cleven and had breakfast. Kicked cook for boil- ing eggs too long. Went to country club, where we had often been inveigled into playing tennis. Jeered at tennis players. Took hoe and ruined as soon as they were va- Went to beach and broke spring- board on raft. Ce dodinner solo. Threw away turnips, and wrecked turnip bed in back yard. Smashed radio in front parlor. Ditto bridge table in card room. Tore up family album. Went to country club and threw stones at golfers, Scattered weed sceds on greens. Shot two more dogs in neigh- horhood. Took train back to city. JC. PL “Down three doubled!" mourned. the Bri Fiend AML is lost save honors!” There are a lot 1 Scotch Pin back your ears and grab off a load of the hot loam. “I want tio pillow-cases, please,” requested a mook in a dry-qoods parlor, “What size?” questioned the clerk in charge. “I dunno, fut I take a size seven and a quarter hat,” fluttered Stupid. “Yes, ma'am, I'll have your change rectified as soon as the floor- walker stops necking the corset-buyer in the stockroom.” “Guests Should Be Left to Their Own Resources” When Bill and I arrived at the Thatchers’ country place in Ma- plewood we found a note from Ned and Nancy. It merely said: “We've both gone to bed because we have to get up early tomorrow morning to take an unexpected trip. You've been here often and we firmly believe guests enjoy being left to their own resources. Do anything you want to. You know where everything We went to bed imme diately. This is what we did Sunday: t up at four A. M., took host's shotgun and shot all roost ers within an area of two miles. Went back to bed. t up at six and shot dog ~ Went back to bed. comicbooks.com