Judge, 1929-06-01 · page 31 of 36
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This page combines a contest-winning mystery story with vintage advertising and humor snippets. **Main Content:** The featured mystery solution (awarding $25 to a New Jersey reader) describes an absurdist 1911 baseball tale: a third baseman discovers the actual base is a disguised horse, which gallops away revealing a man beneath. The mystery's "solution" attributes the transformation to Hang Wung, a Chinese magician/laundry worker who studied Houdini tricks. The racist conclusion: Wung disappeared and became a Mexican general, evading law enforcement. **Advertisement:** A Wrigley's Spearmint gum ad occupies the center, promoting mint flavor for post-meal freshness and dental health. **Humor Snippets:** Include xenophobic and racist jokes typical of the era—one references a "rajah's bedstead," another uses a racial slur in a joke about mosquitoes and insecticide. **Historical Context:** This reflects early-20th-century American attitudes: casual racism, ethnic caricaturing, and stereotypes were standard magazine fare. The content would be considered deeply offensive today.
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Winning Solution of Judge’s Mystery Contest No. 4 $25.00 awarded to John W Lloyd, 126 College .Ave., N Brunswick, N. J. In August of 1911, I was play- | ing with Joe Cook's ball club, holding down third base at Five | Corners, a small town near Dunn's p. At that time third base va- | ried considerably and I often used | Spot, the dray horse, | One day [heard a posse holler in the neighborin, oods, “H | Swilt! Oh, you, Tracy Swilt! and imagine my surprise when the bag suddenly rose beneath me and galloped off in the opposite direction. Well, here is mystery. I thought, so I grabbed the horse’s mane until it) came loose, revealing Tracy Swilt with a false tail and fetlocks disguised Taste the Juice of Real Mint Leaves as third base. He later raced in | the Kentucky Derby, but someone | pulled the derby down over his eyes and he ran into a near-by pasture, where to this day he has been g ng. But to get back to the mystery, whoever transformed Swilt into a horse was the severer of Mrs. | Merchisen. It was, I discovered, | | an unfortunate case of a young cut-up who studied Hou tricks in his spare moments. T | youth was none other than Hang Wung, the Chinaman, delivering laundry one | day, Wung conceived the idea of working on the two victims; but after horsifying Sw and cutting Mrs. Merchisen in half with a extra flourishes, he forgot the so- lutions, and for want of a better excuse, he put the spare parts in the desk drawer under “matters pending.” Damned clever, these Chinese! Wung was never apprehended and is now a Mexican general. When last heard of he was pulling his disappearing act on the Fed- erals, ‘dstead twelve feet long and nine feet wide. That's a lot of bunk! —Patirinper affords just that taste of mint we all like after meals and after smoking. It whitens teeth — sweetens breath — aids digestion and calms the nerves. secures WRIGLEY'S Famous Explorer—On my last | hunting trip I do two im- | | mense elephants. Flapper—How thrilling! Did you have much trouble getting them into the bags? —Soutn’s Weexey, Sydney Discusten Wire—You hold a job, Worthless? Say, nigger, when you all hold a job a week, mosquitoes will brush their teeth with Flit and like it! Apvr. ~comicbooks.com