Judge, 1929-11-09 · page 12 of 36
Judge — November 9, 1929 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains three distinct pieces of humor: **"Another Accumulation of Things I'm Not Interested in"** (by Carroll Carroll) is a humorous list-essay mocking tedious social conventions and consumer products of the era—Chinese poetry, correspondence courses, poodle dogs, conventions, and people who ignore etiquette. It's genteel complaint masquerading as cultural commentary. **"The Generous Husband"** satirizes domestic hypocrisy. A husband enthusiastically encourages his wife to invite her brother's family for a two-month visit, then her mother, and uncle—appearing magnanimous—only to reveal he's catching a train to Duluth and leaving immediately. The joke exposes how easily men avoided domestic inconvenience while posturing as selfless. **"They Just Threw Me Off the Scent"** (bottom) appears to reference fragrance brands (Coty, Dorsay, Houbigant, Guerlain visible on blocks) in a visual gag about perfume, though the complete context is unclear from this page. The humor targets bourgeois pretension, marital dynamics, and consumer culture typical of early 20th-century American satire.
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JUDGE Another Accumulation of Things I’m Not In- terested in Chinese poetry . . . correspond- ence courses . . » art photographs . paper napkins... drug-store lunches . . . poodle dogs . . . bearded ladies . .. family albums . conventions . . , and people who religiously disregard them. The toast under a poached egg + carillon music . . unions... men who call Pullman porters George ... skinless frank- furters 2. . the language of flowers ... Industrial giants .. . clam round robins ... and straight pretzels. Coquetries . . . the manual of arms... hotel bibles... lobby conversations ... watch fobs... . class re- CB oe Elks’ teeth . ical jokers Eas a furniture. Men’ s* . restaurant win- eow display transcon- tinental bus- rides ++. Paisins ... Conductors of symphony orches- tras who dance around . . . all mammy singers but Al Jolson... asterisks ... revival meetings .. . and people who'd like this sort of thing. —Carnott Carrorr MS THEY JUST THREW ME OFF THE SCE? Is that noise I hear the bugler’s trumpet? I wonder what she wants now, “We ain't got no brandy to light the plum pudding with, ma'am just pour a'little kerosene over it and light that,” fluttered sin the berling water, there's a skoit from the Joisey side Pete's sak the Bridget effect. “Oh, Put some ers Fanette. in the dining-room. “You know—I'm afraid you've mistaken me for somebody else.” The Generous Husband sweetheart? Oh, your brother's family is coming here for a visit. Well, that’s great am glad to hear it. How long can they stay? Two months? Fine. fine! But say. . why not invite your moth That would only make nd the house is big rold more than that. news: [ sure ci toc ten peop enough to Of course it would mean a few inconveniences, but what of t Might even be able to squeez your Uncle Hubert—he'd enjoy the visit. And I hope all of them will look on this place as their home. ... But, darling, it’s nine o'clock now, and I've got to catch that train to Duluth. Kiss your companionate husband good-by, and then I'll leave you.” —Ormoxn Ronsins HouBleaNT |G GU |GUERLAN nis FALLEN BULL T! HOWLED THE CREST- for "reported comicbooks.com