Judge, 1929-06-29 · page 10 of 37
Judge — June 29, 1929 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains two distinct satirical pieces: **Top cartoon**: "The next bid for fame—the first bathing beauty to surf-board to Europe" mocks the 1920s obsession with publicity stunts and "bathing beauties" as celebrities. It satirizes how young women sought fame through novelty swimming/sporting exploits, reflecting the era's emerging celebrity culture and the competitive nature of attention-seeking. **Bottom cartoon**: "The captain uses a Lustora hair sheik to quell the waves during a squall" appears to be a product advertisement joke, likely mocking exaggerated advertising claims common in the 1920s-30s, where products were credited with absurd, impossible properties. **Text section** ("Recreation"): A humorous monologue by a hotel guest who romanticizes mountain resort living while contradicting himself—praising nature while admitting he'd rather be home in comfort. It's gentle satire of leisure-class pretension and the gap between vacation fantasy and reality. The final line references talking movies' challenge: simultaneous audio drowns out enjoyment.
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JUDGE The nest bid for fame—the first bathing beauty to surf-board to Europe. Recreation Great place this Hotel Mam moth in the Pines! [am thrilled no end by the sparkling mountain lake that mirrors the fleeey clouds as they seud across a brilliant blue sky. I listen in rapture to the blithe melodies from a thou sand birds’ throats——melodies that blend into a great outdoor sym phony concert. The tossing, rest less pines whisper to me old secrets, of sights they saw when noble redskins wa red these mountain trails, long before the white man came, Hundreds ers in bi of flow m present a ka 1 leidoscopic picture of ever-chan ing color. Here is a vivid red. Th a delicate blue. And there a pretty purple. Insects hum lazily and zea their silken webs. ous spiders spin Yes, it’s lulling, languorous, Sometimes I forget en- artment in town s cooler, that my wife's cooking is a thousand times better, that my own bed is more comfortable, that my roof doesn't th leak, that my bedroom at home is The talking movie has cre: devoid of uninvited, voracious in another problem for the mov seets, and that [owas a jackass fan, He doesn't know whether ever to leave town! to listen to the picture or his —Anrucr L. Lirewans companion, / The captain uses a Lustora hair sheik to quell the waves during a squall. comicbooks.com