Judge, 1899-06-10 · page 7 of 16
Judge — June 10, 1899 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects several brief satirical humor pieces typical of early-20th-century Judge magazine: **"Too Much for the Horse"** and **"Woman's Consistency"**: These two pieces mock women's perceived contradictions and emotional volatility—common misogynistic tropes of the era. The first references a woman's nervous hands; the second depicts a woman who, despite suffering at her dentist's hands, paid his bills cheerfully out of vanity about her teeth. **"Invitation Declined," "Advantages," and "The Season"**: Short comedic vignettes about social situations—a man avoiding dinner because his wife goes out nightly, electricity powering meal service, and play on women's names. **"A Womanly Action"**: The final cartoon jokes that women swear/curse differently than men, contrasting Alexander the Great's weeping over unconquered worlds with how a "real man" would respond. It stereotypes feminine emotional expression as inferior to masculine. The overall tone reflects early-1900s humor rooted in gender stereotypes portraying women as emotionally unstable, vain, and fundamentally different from men.
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TOO MUCH FOR THE HORSE. WOMAN'S CON- INVITATION DECLINED. SISTENCY. Jason—" Come home and take dinner with me to-night, . Why—er"— mote atchis JASON—"' Oh, but you must come. My wife 's had some hands’ than 5 AS fool (ead there every night for two weeks, and I want to get from any other . ADVANTAGES. person. In evi- f d : a Tee at as Stokes—""In 2000 meals will be served by electricity." bes nerves had ; } ‘es; and they can be charged.” been harrowed and unstrung ; but he had placed a seal on her lips and drilled her into obedience to the slightest turn of his hand. Yet she met him with a pleased and careless smile and (more than all) paid his bill cheerfully. For he was her dentist, and her teeth were her pride. THE SEASON NOW Cholly surely counts himself When next it served one letter more A lucky summer man, Made+*Anna™ very well; For first on the engagement-ring And for the third girl ‘twas with ease Appeared the name of **Ann.” Transformed to ‘Annabel. MC LANDBURGH WILSON, A WOMANLY ACTION. “* Why, no, Robert ; of course Alexander the great wasn't a woman.” jt it says here, “Alexander wept because there were no more worlds to conquer.’ It seems to me if he had been a man he'd swore.” comicbooks.com