Judge, 1929-06-22 · page 35 of 40
Judge — June 22, 1929 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines a humorous short story with advertising for Clark's Teaberry Gum. **The Main Story:** "Winning Solution of Judge's Mystery Contest No. 7" is an absurdist tale satirizing nothing in particular—it's simply nonsensical comedy. Characters with ridiculous names (Judge Abdulla Corvetta du Cerveza, Hudson Bey) search for "Salt Water" hidden at Coney Island, eventually finding it, then inexplicably ending up at a baseball game where they cheer for Yale. The narrative intentionally makes no sense, jumping between unrelated events (Captain Smith and Native Americans, the Maccabees smoking pipes) as a parody of contrived storytelling. **The Advertising:** Multiple Clark's Teaberry Gum advertisements use period slang ("It's the berries!") and feature cartoon illustrations of young people. The brand ran a contest where readers completed missing punchlines for payment. **The Humor:** Appeals to 1920s readers through absurdism, wordplay ("Babe Ruth soit qui mal y pense"), and casual references to contemporary figures like Babe Ruth. The advertisements use flapper-era imagery and youthful appeal.
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Winning Solution of Judge’s Mystery Contest No. 7 $25.00 awarded to Henry Dun- bar, U. S. S. Humphreys. Judge Abdhulla Corvette du Cerveza was aroused from a pro- found slumber by the frantic cries of -Hudson Bey. The Judge’s wives, Marimba, Hulda and Shimbashi, also disturbed, shouted in unison: “If you bring * home another Household Crime I'll——”__ Hudson Bey _inter- rupted them to explain that the “Salt Water’ was in an old taffy box in the third seat of the ferris- wheel at Coney Island. “Indeed, sir, we are not even in the State Legislature,” Hud- son Bey told the Customs Officers, as they all went ashore from the Ile de France at Hoboken. The trial, of course, was never held, Judge Cerveza having gone to America to find the diamond. At last they found it. “Git in line, folks, git in line, ef yo’ please. Who nex’?” “I does,” retorted Hulda. So they all got in free and threw bottles at the umpire. “Babe Ruth soit qui mal y pense,” suggested Shimbashi. (Babe Ruth swats the ball over the fence.) On the program, what should they read but “KIMBERLEY, .”’—the very same! and over in right field a big sign “Hit this and win a Dobbs butler.” So the victims came back to their seats between halves and cheered lustily for dear old Yale. And this, my dear children, explains to you how Captain Smith came to love the Indians, and they to love him, and how they showed the white men how to make fire by rubbing sticks to- gether, and how the Maccabees smoked a dried weed in their great long pipes. Now, good- bye, and don’t forget your lunch- boxes. Stage star says “Mexico is a | great country and a beautiful one. | Only trouble is, every once in a while peace breaks out.” —Boston Transcrirt Woman—I was to have met my husband here two hours ago; have | you seen him? | Shopwalker—Possibly, madam. Anything distinctive about him? | “Yes; I imagine he’s purple by | this time.’? —Tir-Birs | A fussy young girl is Miss Test. She wants everything of the best. When she selects gum She always wants come— * Of TEABERRY’S tongue-teasing zest! He [825 was paid to Miss Marguerite White, 876 3. Mth St, Newark, N.J., for this winning lastline., publish. If a winning last line is duplicated, person submitting the duplicated line TaTee'pacd $35 All eaesies nese be malted on or beforethe date indicated onthe blank. Get your “Tantalizing Teaberry” blaok WIN 25 tngeetener Gum Dealer FREE “Tantalizing Teaberry” blanks, each containing a“-TANTALIZING TEABERRY " with the last line missing. Fill in chat missing line! Mail us the blank. today! Try CLARK'S TEABERRY GUM ‘We will pay $25 for each last line thatwe for “last-line” inspiration. Clark Brothers Chewing Gum Company, Pittsburgh, U. S. A. mWw’s THE BERRIES / eCLARK'S Teaberry Gum...a different flavore “I say, you might leave that chair there, old chap. We might quarrel any moment now.” —Hounmonrist 2 comicbooks.com