Judge, 1900-07-21 · page 4 of 18
Judge — July 21, 1900 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical pieces targeting early 20th-century social attitudes. **"Judge's Favorites" (top left):** A portrait accompanying poetry mocking women's education and independence, suggesting educated women are problematic and that men prefer compliant wives. **"Disillusion":** Commentary on marriage's sobering effects, with sardonic observations about how courtship differs from married life. **"A Current Salutation":** A humorous illustration showing Mrs. Frog observing someone bathing in her pond, with animal characters making jokes about intrusions. **"A Life-Saver" (bottom):** A cartoon depicting working-class men at a bar. The dialogue satirizes using alcohol as a survival strategy, mocking the desperation of laborers who drink to cope with poverty and hardship. The page overall reflects period attitudes about class, gender, and social problems through biting satire.
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DISILLUSION. THE effect of their marriage is queer With some men, quite turning the head, ~ Making all women lovely appear : iawevonndeis ail Excepting the one they have wed. Ms Gene MEASURABLY TRUE, < Fried LITERARY work thrives bet- ; ter after a check. When we have shed our youthful conceit we are better company for other people, but we aren't half as good company for ourselves. The less it takes to make you happy the less you get. That does not sound so cynical if you turn it round, but it is true either way. Sarcasm is reprehended, frankness praised; yet a duel T SALUTATION, with rapiers is more refined Hello Bill. than a bout ' with boxing- gloves and JUDGE'S FAVORITES. no more dan- JOSEPHINE HALL, sata Those ‘When from electric fans the breezes sho lov Through artificial palms are sighing, who love us And hot waves bring the frost that freezes s aot dog-days shows on dog-towns trying, are always is then the summer girl is due, andi ‘And then, dear Jo, 1 dream of you. demanding TaThe HollerTelephoneCo.De “divean® that we shall do the things we can't. When we succeed we think we could have done them anyhow. All women long to be understood; most men prefer not to be. Many a marriage has been marred because the woman understood the man not wisely but too well. The women who talk of the tyranny and brutality of man are apt to be those on whom a man's hand was never laid but in blessing, caress, support, or at most in a restraint rather hinted than actual. The women who are thankful if struck with the open hand rather than with the clinched fist do not take platforms and shriek for their rights; they only submit, suffer, and, since they are women, often love too, in Mrs. Frog —'* Well, if that isn’t nerve! Look, some one ’s going bathing spite of all. wancaner wentworrn, fight in our back yard.” Wy A LIFE-SAVER. PLain But—"* Why, stranger, a feller s got ter drink liquor in order ter sustain life out in dis section uv de country.” Visrrox—"* He has?” PLAIN Bu—" Sure ting! It's jest like committing suicide ter refuse ter drink out here when anybody asks yer.” comicbooks.com