Judge, 1900-11-10 · page 7 of 16
Judge — November 10, 1900 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary on gender relations and marriage, presented through cynical aphorisms and cartoons typical of early 20th-century humor magazines. **Main content:** The left column offers misogynistic "witticisms" about unmarried women's perspectives on men—claiming bachelors who advocate marriage resemble sailors who never sail, that men are ungrateful (since Adam), and that men fail as husbands through selfishness and inattention. **The cartoons mock:** - An antisemitic "exclusive" joke about Jewish people entering society - Women's suffrage (suggesting women would sell votes cheaply—$1.99 rather than $2) - Working-class Irish domestics (the "Bridget" kitchen scene) **Context:** This reflects pre-1920s attitudes: Jewish immigration anxieties, anti-suffrage sentiment, and class-based ethnic stereotyping were mainstream satirical targets. The "spinster" framing itself was dismissive—unmarried women were presented as bitter, not independent. The humor relies entirely on period prejudices now recognized as offensive.
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REFLECTIONS OF A SPINSTER. HE. real serpent in the garden of Eden was the man who ate the apple. Bachelo’s who advocate matrimony ai. like sailors who never go to sea. It is hard to love, honor and obey a man who helps him- self to the sugar first. Some men never raise an umbrella over their wives unless it is actually pouring. Many men are like violin boards ripening to be mad into instruments. Perhaps their children will sing. No man ever loves = wo- man when he is Ya krupt or busy. , Lusty and leisure are almos: synonyms of lov Ingratitude has been man’s besetting sin ever since Adam found fault with Eve for hav- ing given him part of her apple. There are men who pay two dollars for a theatre-seat, in which they fall asleep in the act AN maik der peesniss, EXCLUSIVE. AD. THAT COMPELLED ATTENTION. Levi—" Such an advertisingment! See eferypody rubber! You betcher life it dakes your cnkel to “The way those Jews are getting into society is positively disgusting.” of digesting dinner, no matter what the play. It is astonishing how close toa man his best lady-friend can pass unrecognized when he has a neat bundle of neglected laundry under his arm. Divorce is the relay of happi- ness. A million has been offered for a telephone relay. Approximately the former is worth more, as it is often the cause of happy marriages. A certain man spoke so beauti- fully of married life and its joys that his auditors marveled. It developed that this man had found his wife dead one morning shortly after his marriage, Xantippe has such a hard rep- utation that it almost obscures the fact that Socrates, one of the orig- inal hobby-riders, was not a pleas- ant man to live with, The equation of domestic felicity has an x anda y, and it cannot be worked out by one alone. Custom, in other words time, condones anything. ‘The only rea- Son society forgives the sins of men HER METHOD. soemrerarrri rd and not those of women is that men have been sinners longer than women. To be sure, Eve was first to partake of the apple; but, unfort- unately, maternity kept her busy longer than paternity did Adam. HETERODOX, ITERE'S a fellow on sli Dares the scriptures criticise, And their inspiration even He most shamelessly denies. On the parable of the virgins Ie has made this curious charge— ‘The percentage of wise virgins Was preposterously large. c. ». A QUESTION OF FIGURES, Mrs, Waggles had the suffrage politics would be purer. Do you think they would sell their votes for two dollars?” Waggles—"No, my dear. They'd probably do it for one dol- lar and ninety-nine cents.” if women Bridget, T hope you don’t light the fire with kerosene?” Oi wets it down wid kerosene an’ loights.it wid a match.” Divil a bit, mum! comicbooks.com