Judge, 1928-11-24 · page 30 of 36
Judge — November 24, 1928 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main image shows two children sledding, accompanying a **Christmas Seals advertisement** promoting tuberculosis prevention. This was a genuine public health campaign by tuberculosis associations during the 1920s—Christmas Seals were charity stamps sold to fund TB treatment and prevention. The "healthy children" caption emphasizes the campaign's goal: protecting youth from this widespread, often-fatal disease. Below that is a **"Scotchogram Contest"** announcement—Judge magazine's puzzle/caption competition closing November 24th, with winners announced in the December 22nd issue. The magazine notes submitted scotchograms (brief humorous quips) will continue appearing and pay contributors five dollars each. The right column contains **movie reviews** critiquing contemporary films, including comments on actors like Lillian Gish and Pola Negri. A brief humor item called "Another Dumb Dora" mocks a female character's stupidity (referencing the period's "dumb blonde" stereotype). This page reflects 1920s concerns: public health awareness, Judge's reader-participation contests, and cinema criticism.
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They’ ve Healthy! Help them stay that way | BUY | CHRISTMAS SEALS THE NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TUSERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES The Scotchogram Contest i Closes At Midnight Nov. 24th | | The winners will be announced in the December 22nd issue of Jupce and the prize checks will be sent to the winners on that date. Meanwhile Scotchograms which have been sent in during the contest will continue to appear in Juve until the December 22nd issue, all of which will 1 be paid for at the rate of five dollars each, and will be eligible for the prizes, 1a 28 Judging the Movies (Continued from page 23) a movie does fair treat- . and you'll find fairly” amusing, It Dry Marti pleasant, and not too sparkling is the story of an expatria American who gives up an epi- curean existence in order to show his daughter Paris, while she is looking forward to plunging into in exotic life under the well- | known tutorage of her parent. Henry D'Arrast) exhibited — his usual deft hand with the camera. Turxne doing wrong by our Nell again, and) Lilli plays in the sand in ‘The Wind” until you wish they'd just take | that old wind machine and dump it in the Rio Gra Lillian Gish is one reason why I worship female trans-Atlantic flyers, and I hope they give her a blood- transfusion before they to face the bitter sand or the bit- ter snow or the bitter whatever it is she is supposed to face in her next picture. However, the little | uirl sticks it out, and the Virginia ret dition of coura T! re is good direction in “The Wom From Moscow" and Pola Negri looks very young, but the story is so weak there interludes when you can n out losing a bit of the se The plot, based on : is the familiar movie situation of the lady who swears to kill a man (or spy on him, or steal his pa- pers) only to find herself falling in love with the poor sap. There is a tragic ending to this particu- d Pola Negri is shown ny times with her jaw in that tragic Negri sag, wer of s true to the tra- r. It’s terrible. re long » with- Another Dumb Dora I who thought the Black was the son of Old King —Trr Bits BARIUM Q ACIDOPHILOUS SPEECH IVY HEARD (Signed) BRUTUS Gish | Now her | and her eyelids drooping, but it | | didn’t seem very important. comicbooks.com