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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains two advertisements for Mennen shaving products, featuring testimonials from entertainers. The top ad uses **George White** (a famous theatrical producer of the era) giving a testimonial to "Jim Henry" about Menthol-iced shaves for "first-night nerves." This appears to be a fictional endorsement scenario rather than satire—using a real celebrity to pitch products was standard advertising practice. The lower ad features "Jim Henry" discussing Mennen Talcum Powder in similar fashion. The right column contains a book review section titled "Judging the Books" discussing Stuart Chase's "Men and Machines," which critiques mechanization's effects on society—this is the page's only substantive editorial content, separate from the advertisements.

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Groxoe Wurre, famous producer of °T GEORGE WHITE tells Jim Henry: “Fine for first-night nerves, those new triple-cool MENTHOL-ICED SHAVES” “Pjropecine elaborate musical shows P isn’t exactly the best thing in the world for one’s temper. And so I try to save my nerves as much as I can. That's why I like your new Menthol- iced, It gives me a good quick shave. The cool tingle of the menthol is like a tonic. And Jim, my razor blade scems keener and it certainly keeps its edge longer when I have a Mennen shave.” Tue Younc Man's Suave Menthol-iced really does something for your skin. Skin specialists agree that it (1) tones tired facial nerves, (2) heals minute shaving abrasions, (3) protects the skin. . ? Try this young man’s shave. At any druggist! 2 Tyres of Mennex— Mennen is the only manufacturer who makes two kinds of shaving cream. First, Mennen without menthol—tor years the smooth shave standby of millions of men. Now—Menthol-iced for those who want the extra thrill of menthol. Both creams have dermutation —the exclusive Mennen process of softening the beard, lubricating the blade and toning the skin. Both creams lather freely in any kind of water. M & N N \< N SHAVING CREAMS TWO KINDS—MENTHOL-ICED AND WITHOUT MENTHOL thrown off by Men doesn't ‘pecial bargai Tale talk by Jim Henry Mennen Talcum for Men is a special powder for masculine skin— not merely a neutral tint powder. It is antiseptic and astringent protection after shaving or Thanks to its special formula, Mennen Talcum for Men forms a fine film which is a two-way protection. It absorbs oils and moisture bathing It keeps floating dust in the air from settling on your skin, and working into the pores. And rain, Big size can for a quarter—or, if you want a t the traveler's size free by buying the new Mennen / Shave Special. Contains fu Talcum for Men, both for half-a-dollar. entifically blended with gredients. A man’s skin needs this Mennen Talcum for fter- ¢ tube of Skin Balm with special size | chine Age? | let it go OUDGING BOOKS | Pr you've been tying yourself into mental knots a sticklers like “Whither the and “Is the washing machine corroding the individual * read Stuart Chase's “Men chines.” It mayn't clean up the matter for you but it'll give you a lot of cold facts and surmises to dig ntal molars into. It m ause you to rush out and attempt to smash all the Fords in the world or to buy one. Chase, with tremen- dous gusto and bursts of comedy, covers as much territory in his | gropings as would take three days’ steady loping to get | over. He traces the machine from, for instance, stone to pneu- m: your m dinosaur ic hammer. He includes every orm of havoc and good resultant from the machine. He sums up saying “Man is not the slave of the Machine,” and that, intelli- gently applic chine is slave to man.” ree with a lot of his conclusions but are mightily glad for what he has > he writes not with the ed eye of a Gary, Ind., ndist but of an inquiring Diogenes. Chase is an optimistic debunker and a braw fellow. But we don’t like him calling the violin a machine, It's like claim- ing God to be a Great Mecha With him chines be: nie. think some ma- Yet we hold destructive of human individuality and artisan- ship. We'd not mind if all the machines smashed _ to- morrow. That goes for the print- ing presses, too. With them gone, we'd have to go back to work. But that'd probably be a break all around. In any case “Men and Machines” is provocative and a sort of philosophic supplement to our boyhood fascinator, Popular Mechanics. most were It occurs to us that if one likes a picture, play, book or gal enor- mously, it’s much more decent to | sum one’s feelings up with a quiet “We like” than to rush joyfully out into the streets, rend the hair and clothes and toss eighty dollar adjectives into the faces of the citizenry. And so, since tons of critical dust have been raised in praise of Ellen Glasgow nking of the Victorian bottom in “They Stooped to Foll we'll ith a simple “We lik —Trp Sian comicbooks.com