Judge, 1929-07-06 · page 26 of 36
Judge — July 6, 1929 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features a "believe it or not" style feature mocking tall tales and dubious claims. The cartoons present absurd, impossible scenarios presented as fact: - **Grandma Poodah** allegedly swallowed a plum seed in 1872 and still carries it - **Horatio Pistachio** has lived in a well since 1834 and can identify people by their car horn sounds - **Punjab Sashweight** carried his own head for 200 years - **A trained oyster** walked a tightrope across New York The satire targets the public's gullibility for sensational, unverifiable stories—a common entertainment format of the 1920s era. By presenting increasingly ridiculous claims with pseudo-serious illustrations and pseudo-scientific "proof" (like the addition problem), Judge ridicules both credulous readers and the publications that profited from publishing such nonsense. The page also contains ship advertising for Cunard Line's luxury transatlantic service, representing the magazine's commercial content.
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GREAT LINER, THE AQUITANIA A SHIP WITH A PERSONALITY “If you possibly can, cross in the Aquitania,” people say. And they are not thinking only of her two flower-filled garden-lounges overhanging the sea; or the deft, cheerful service of her perfectly trained English staff; or the fact that the Aquitania’s famous a la carte service is available without any extra charge. They are thinking rather of the special charm that differentiates the Aquitania, that something which wins the loyal devotion of 80 many people and which is difficult to define. Something that gives vitality to her days and animation to her evenings «-.-making the six-day voyage from New York toCherbourg or Southampton the “pleasantest distance” between two worlds. “If you possibly can, cross in the Aquitania.” TO FRAN ‘D ENGLAND BERENGARIA July 16 + Aug. 7+ Aug. 28 MAURETANIA July 26+ Aug. 16+ Sep. 4 AQUITANIA — July 31 + Aug. 21 + Sep. 11 CUNARD LINE ® See Your Local Agent THE SHORTEST BRIDGE TO EUROPE af you BELIEVE IT. © . Mozambique of Bemidji, Minn. who swallowed a plum seed in 1872, —— (+24+3+4=1 2+3+4+/=2 3+4+1/4+2=3 H+ 14+243=4 123 4 Dimple problem in_addition. Proving that figures never ¢ 8 lie. and color ‘of horn bor Mftwomfts (The Humon Calliope) KARR has music wherever he goes. Horatio Pistachio who has lived at the of an old well near Water- vliet, Mich. since 1834 is a mental marvel, and an tell your name, age, me ight saving. treme ur auto Gul) the sound of your auto- shweight of Peja Sa Punka, India, carried his head in his hands for over two hundred years. At the time of his death in 1896 he was badly in need of a shave A tisited coyster gen ed by Sidney Orfutz of Athens, Ga. walked a tight yore from the bottom top oF the Singer u in New dork to” ME Popocatopetl, a dis- tance of 13,962 miles in eight hours, day- Judging the Movies (Continued from page 19) idan garrison, — Otherwise Four Feathers” is dull and hu- morless. It purports to show the super-heroism of a disgraced member of Victoria's army. Rich- ard Arlen handles himself well, the photography is beyond re- proach, the story has sufficient romantic plot to it worth the telling, but in a story built upon a pathologies there is one clement sadly lacking—real- By that I do not t upon restraint. T. rence would have done this hero in a morning's ride. By reality, I m that the director did not once cause his hero to laugh, ery, smile, waver, despair, triumph. Mr. Arlen as- sumed a grim expression in the second reel and not once did he let you feel he was of flesh and blood or anything but a movie hero bent upon saving his honor, his regiment, and getting his gal, by the last reel. ins 24 y of a Vidor, a St. ho might have F at. As it is, this picture is beautifully decorative, but... Clinical To increase the iron in the sys- tem, eat spinach, says the Cincin- quirer. “Naw, I’m waiting for a Times.” comicbooks.com