Judge, 1929-07-27 · page 4 of 38
Judge — July 27, 1929 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# "The Curse of the Tropics" Analysis The main cartoon depicts a woman at a window during rain, gesturing dramatically toward a man sitting indoors. The caption suggests the woman is "driven mad" by tropical rain, implying weather-induced hysteria. The accompanying text references actress Miss Gribmas and suggests that tropical climates cause psychological instability in women—a period stereotype about female emotional fragility. The other items on the page are brief humor pieces: one mocks overly elaborate feminine beauty routines, another jokes about wives using emergency canned goods, and a final quip about Hollywood actors reinventing themselves. These reflect early 20th-century Judge magazine's satirical take on contemporary social anxieties about gender, modernity, and geography—all presented as humorous observations.
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JUDGE THE CURSE OF THE TROPICS WHITNEY, THIS RAIN WILL DRIVE ME MAD! CRIED LADY KORNBLOOM HYSTERICALLY Hey, Von Sternberg, why don’t you cast George Bancroft as @ gunman sometime, why don’t you? “So you see, kids,” moral- if the lamb had behaved and stayed in the fold, it, wouldn't have been eaten by the wolf, sould it?” Yope,”” clowned Paresis de Braganza, “it would have been eaten by us!” Vincent, run out to the well of loneliness, like a good boy, and fetch me a pail of perversion. ized Miss Gribinas, “ Emergency doesn’t believe in serving me canned food all the time. True, she has a opener, but it’s only used in case of an emergency—in the delicatessen store My wife case isn't open. They say the wrist watch was invented by a Scotchman who objected to taking anything out of his pocket. Many a former movie star has talked himself out of in case of sudden visitors. Portrait of a Lady Terminating a Telephone Conversation “Well... all right, Henrie’ if 1 de hear from you b Thursday noon I'll » What? 22. Y it you Yes, me before, you call me . but if you don't I'l call you, unless you call What? 2. . Oh, Henrietta... . I'll unless [hear from you by day noon... you before then, don’t call by. . yes. Surely. . fine... . Wh call me if you find time... if you don't... What? . . « ye, Henrietta... « Tl call you if Good. . .. Oh, You call . What? . If you Thur... . No. you up . Oh, if I yes, Irs » 1 won't call But if you Yes. don’t... . surely, Henrietta... . ou can, but. that's it. don't call before I probably won't befo did she? don't. . Twill. And if I don't hear feom you by Thursday . . . ete... . ete.” —Curr Jouxson you Beauty Parlors, for Instance The old-fashioned burning, need to go through it, Though tan is the style now, A powder will do it. Folks still get tanned on The rooftops and beaches And also some 1 The sun never reaches. —R. C. O'Brien The boss who had his steno attached with a snap-back bracket comicbooks.com