Judge, 1929-06-08 · page 2 of 36
Judge — June 8, 1929 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire. It promotes a bridge instruction book titled "How's Your Bridge?" by Sidney S. Lenz and Robert Rendel, two famous bridge players of the era. The content positions these authorities as expert coaches who will teach "Bridge Thinking" through analyzed hands. The advertisement emphasizes that reading their book is equivalent to personal coaching from these champions. The only potentially satirical element is the heading "Demerits" at top left, which appears to critique common bridge errors—suggesting the book will help readers avoid such mistakes. The cartoon diagram shows an actual bridge hand layout with cards and scoring boxes, illustrating the instructional method. This is fundamentally a how-to guide marketed through Judge's pages.
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DEMERITS Kim dof Beiter and 4 ands of Contract art These Two Famous Authorities Now Show You a New Way To Improve Your Bridge HE purpose of this new book is to have bid. It is just as if the authors sat train you in “Bridge Thinking.” beside you, directing your play. You have Through a series of actual hands, repro- 4 decision to make on every play, just as duced and explained, as shown above, you i an actual game. Suitable demerits en- learn rapidly to note the fall of every card, and to deduce all possible information— in other words, you cultivate that art of card reading which marks the difference be- tween the mediocre player and the expert You see your own hand ways “‘South’’) (You are al- You decide what to bid, turn the page and sce what you should able you to decide how good your bridge really is, and gauge your progress To read this book with atrention is equivalent to being coached by LENZ and RENDEL through 12 hands of Auction and 4 hands of Contract. It provides a method of learning bridge that is entirely without precedent ~ Just Published — HOw’s YOUR BRIDGE? By SIDNEY S. LENZ and ROBERT RENDEL At all bookstores = $2.00 | 37 West S7th Street To Tne Inner Sanctum of SIMON and SCHUSTER New York City (Check the methodof purchares TT Lenctos LU Send postp Nae... 22sec cee ee eee e eee e eee e eee eeee Address... City. comicbooks.com