Judge, 1931-03-14 · page 7 of 36
Judge — March 14, 1931 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two satirical pieces: **"Those Terrible Preparations"** (top): A domestic comedy dialogue about moving preparations. A wife has instructed servants to store furniture without notifying her husband, causing marital conflict. The satire mocks the chaos and expense of household moves, with the husband eventually capitulating to stay home rather than endure further disruption. **"Sad Case"** (bottom): A brief story about a movie actor exhausted by appearing in numerous films with similar plots ("Beau This and Beau That"). Fed up with repetitive roles, he quits cinema and joins the Foreign Legion—a common trope suggesting escape from one's problems. Both pieces humorously critique early 20th-century American domestic life and the emerging film industry's formulaic storytelling.
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JUDGE Those Terrible Preparations D” you tell the storage people to be here without fail this after- ton for the furniture? And did you notify the mailman that we were going away? Yes, yes! Didn't I say I would?” Well; you don’t need to snap at me that way!" All right. I" y! What else 5 there to be don Well, the people next door said they'd feed the eat, and Aunt Susan has the canary, and the gas and elec- ity and telephone will be discon woing to sit down eave everything to me Say, I'm going to take five minutes it and rest! I’m tired!” Soam I! And I've been working just as hard as you have all ¢ it up! There'll be no rest everything is ready!" Oh, all t! What shall I do until You haven't arranged with the warage people to take care of the car set. And there’s the milkman and the newspapers to be told not to leave for two weeks! And then y limit? Tf Vad sto mean going Then we'll stay right Il call it off and stay home! such a fuss about a few little preparations. ... I don’t care whether we go or not!” Then why did you sugge: What's the big idea of going tearing the house to pic " Oh, hush! You know very well you're just as anxious to see this latest Eugene O'Neill play as Tam!’ “Hah! So that's x Sad Case Over there was a movir star who was sick of it all. All they did was put him in Foreign Legion pic tures, Beau This and Beau ‘That and Beau Something Else. And then the long marches over the sand with . a heavy pack on his back. And the heavy uniform hk had to wear in the tropical hea © was fed up. Sick of it. He would go some place and forget it all. So he quit the movies and joined the Ixvexton—Gentlemen, scientifically, the flight was a success! Foreign Legion. comicbooks.com