Judge, 1900-08-18 · page 16 of 16
Judge — August 18, 1900 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate Judge cartoons satirizing marriage and domestic life. **"Quite Enough"** (top): A well-dressed judge encounters a homeless "Weary Willie" who claims he'd marry if given a million pounds yearly. The judge cuts him off, suggesting marriage itself would consume all that wealth—a jab at the expense of matrimony and wives' spending habits. **"She Was a Combination of Springs"** (bottom): A quarreling married couple where the husband reinterprets his pre-marriage compliment about his wife being "the mainspring of [his] existence" as actually meaning she's a "sulphur-and-iron spring"—a caustic reference to mineral springs with medicinal/laxative properties. The bitter wordplay mocks her sharp tongue and quarrelsome nature. Both cartoons employ late-Victorian/Edwardian-era domestic humor, portraying marriage as financially ruinous and contentious, with wives portrayed as spenders and nags. This reflects period attitudes toward marriage and gender roles.
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QUITE ENOUGH, Wrary WiLuir— t would I do if I hed a million a year? Why, I'd spend it, uv course.” Keverenn Done: ** But how ?* Weary Witt ‘Oh, ina thousand ways. In de first place, 1 should git married, an’ "— RevereNo Donerrer—" You needn't mention the other nine hundred and ninety-nine. That would settle it.” 990 81 JUDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. SHE WAS A COMBINATION OF SPRINGS. Mrs. Jounson (ferociously}—"" Befo’ we was married yo’ said I was de mainspring ob yo'r existence.” ; Mr. Jounson—"I sti// say so. From yo'r language an’ actions I think you're a combination sulphur-an'-iron spring.” comicbooks.com