Judge, 1929-11-23 · page 4 of 36
Judge — November 23, 1929 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily a **Waterman's fountain pen advertisement**, not political satire. The main image shows a caricatured man carving a turkey, illustrating the ad's central joke: "You can't carve a turkey with a fountain pen—but a Waterman's is the thing to use when you write the folks and say you'll be on hand for the Thanksgiving dinner." The advertisement emphasizes Waterman's practical features: a self-filling mechanism, safety against ink leakage, and seven interchangeable pen points. It targets middle-class consumers by suggesting the pen is an appropriate Thanksgiving gift symbolizing reliability and gratitude. The right column contains a book review ("Judging the Books") unrelated to the pen ad. This is typical Judge magazine layout: advertising mixed with editorial content.
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You cant _ Carve aturkey ~/, witha »~7 fountain _ pen— a Waterman’s is the thing to use when you write the folks and say you'll be on hand for the Thanksgiving dinner. For millions of people, the possession of a Waterman’s is cause enough in itself for thanksgiving. If you have never used a Waterman's you have yet to experience the real joy that comes from writing with a perfect pen. A stainless hard-rubber holder—light, resilient, and perfectly balanced to the hand—is one of the many famous Water- man’s features. A safety self-filling device makes filling a matter of seconds, and protects against the accidental discharge of ink. The ink capacity is more than ample for all ordi- nary requirements. Waterman’s No. 7 is the newest and most appealing idea in fountain pens. There are seven different pen points to choose from—each identified with a dif- ferent color band on the cap. Ask any dealer to show you Waterman’s No.7 and select the point that best suits your style of writing. Guaranteed forever against all defects atermal’s GIVE LASTING CAUSE for THANKFULNESS OUVDGING™ BOOKS wr its recommendation of Don- ald) Clarke's *, “Louis Beretti,” this dep't closes its doors officially to all underworld stories. Her fter it proposes, in Louis’ quaint ne tot 6 p its nose clean” and devote itself to the Peter Rabbitt series. It is getting fed up with nymphy molly, happy-dust sniffers, murders, oily-haired wop bootleggers and sentences like “Grease Ball called him a lousy so and so and shot him five times, spitting twice at the blood which ran down a fl one crack, making a little puddle over a dirty word some kid had chalked.” This dep't now knows enough about crime to plot and execute a big-payroll rob bery singlehanded—but for its con genital honesty and the fact it wouldn't know what to do with the money aside from paying off, reluc- tantly, some debts. But “Louis Be- retti” is genuinely entertaining. It is five ways Hemingw 3 Louis is as ever blew kero- sweet a playboy 4 sene over a lighted atch into the face of a Mott St. * "slapped a moll on the rump in qure pleasure. ind, between blood-letting, worship ped his mother and his church. The scene reeks of the mock-heroies, the gocentricity, the humorless and the sloppy. sentimentality of the New York gangster. The—beg pardon— sex is handled unafraid. Try it over on your machine-gun. Paul de Kruif’s “Seven Iron Men” would be just the book to console you in your stock bereavement. It is the true story of the Merritts, Minnesota pioneers, who discovered the Missabe Iron Rang aned millions from it, only to lose them to Wall Street. The individual vs. the Whaling Wall St. gobblers. In other words, you can't win, keep your money in a sock under a loose board or turn never-broke broker. This isn’t a book with a grudge. It is dramatic history with iron in its lines. Geological grandeur at times is its hero. Max Lief’s “Hangover” seems to be Scott Fitzgerald gone Broadway. or Love Among the Press Agents. Max crowds a bit too much strip poker which doesn’t shock and old Winchel- lisms into his intimate closcups of the Shuberts for our taste and his free- mention list needs editing. It is in- side stuff that doesn’t quite get into the boudoir. But read it. It is a complete guide to that dull, shoptalk- | ing, aimlessly wisecracking group | Morehouse for supper. It is that has Sardi for lunch and Ward Variety reporters would call literachoor.” —Tep Sutane oa od ay PK NSSCEKNEDERONEDCECOEDEZLASOCZONEDEOEDEOEDCEONSEEO? CONDE NBECBDE ENE ODED BOCERNIDE' SCRAN —_ 3. PSS comicbooks.com