Judge, 1929-05-25 · page 29 of 36
Judge — May 25, 1929 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines political satire with advertising. The main content is a mock endorsement of "Marmaduke Etaoin" as a congressional candidate. The satire works by listing absurdly trivial or contradictory qualifications—he's never read novels properly, gives his subway seat to ladies while getting off (illogical), calls headwaiters by first names, and most damningly, "is daft and dumb and slightly feeble-minded." The final admission undermines the entire endorsement, suggesting the candidate is unfit for office. The author (E.J. McCormack) is mocking the kind of vapid campaign rhetoric and lowered standards for public office that apparently existed in this era. The page also features Clark's Teaberry Gum advertisements, including a consumer contest offering $25 for completing jingles—typical early-20th-century promotional strategies. A small cartoon at bottom shows a domestic humor joke about a husband filling the house with soil for bricks while the wife entertains guests.
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Our Candidate ... And in nclusion, T urge you voters of thiy fair metropolis o osend Marmaduke Etaoin’ to Congress for these sixty-six rea sons He is a man of character, He has never read the last page be fore starting in a novel He never wrote the theme sony for a talking movie He is ever th a subway or ‘bus he ntleman. In always gives his seat to a lady when he is get- ting off. He has proudly and loudly called a headwaiter by his first name, He a starving luncheon guest: he never has never told regular le dhote is really very good.” He is a man of superhuman will-power; he never fallen for any kind of correspondence course. He is a patron of the Arts; he now employs four clerks by that name. He is unimpeachably honest. He freely admits the Yale kes that he sports is not from Skull & Bones but from Yale & Towne Lock Co, If sent to Congress, he pledges himself seeds not only to. suburban to send free government and rural voters, but to his city con stituents as well. The city dwell- ers can thus realize an enormous saving on canary feed Our candidat be sent on a ¢ has no desire to yngressional inves- tigation commit to Cuba or the Bermudas, and to him St. Pete burg means a city somewhere in knows the second verse of Star Banner that F. y, and not att Fit ald, it He is de and dumb slightly feeble-minded. Eowann J. McCormack Gent chauffeur) And not using the car, there's the poultry and the dogs to | after, and you can give the gar (eng when we're « n out, dener a hand in your spare time essir, what sort of soil is Why?” it if it was clay soil, a few bricks to fill Passine Siow (TAN TALIZING TEABERRIES?s “Pl ‘phone you tonight, Bess, at ten, My car won't be ready till then We'll go visit Mother And her another & TEABERRY to cheer her again.” * Seiwseiald toasting maet-sienisme iri Ave] for this winning last line. Williamsport, Pa WIN 325 Youcanget from any CLARK'S Chewing Gum Dealer FREE “Tantalizing Teabetry blanks, each containing a" TANTALIZING TEABERRY " with the last line missing Pill in that missing line! Mail us the blank ‘We will pay $25 for each last line that we publish, If a winning last line is duplicated, each person submitting the duplicated line will be paid $25. All entries must be mailed vn ot before the date indicated on the blank Get your “Tantalizing Teaberry” blank today! Try CLARK'S TEABERRY GUM tor “‘last-line™ inspiration Clark Brothers Chewing Gum Company, Pittsburgh, U. S. A. iwS THE BERRIES / eCLARK'S Teaberry Gum...a different Flavore Hustaxp Fasy there, Gertrude! There are gentlemen present, PB comicbooks.com