Judge, 1901-02-09 · page 6 of 16
Judge — February 9, 1901 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary on marriage and gender relations typical of late 19th/early 20th-century American humor. **"Reflections of a Spinster"** presents cynical observations about romantic relationships—mocking older men pursuing younger women, suggesting women are foolish about men after thirty, and claiming divorce is as "made" as matches, just "where there is plenty of brimstone" (hell). The cartoon vignettes mock Victorian social pretensions: one depicts a shabby man attempting to sell a moth-eaten coat by rebranding the damage as "silk-worms"; another shows a wealthy hunter being mistaken for a debt-collecting landlord; a third ridicules an affected upper-class "Cholly" who can't grasp basic logic about population. **"Provoking"** depicts a farmer outraged less that a young man eloped with his daughter than that the suitor damaged his prize racing trotter. The humor relies on class anxiety, gender stereotypes, and the assumption that materialism and social climbing were universal human motivations—all normalized satirical targets of the era.
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REFLECTIONS OF A SPINSTER. [ONEST work never becomes real drudgery to a man until after he has once “ made" in speculation. An old man who makes love to the wife of a young one is inevitably referred to by the woman as * that old fool.” A man is most foolish about women before he is twenty; a woman is most foolish about men after she is thirty A girl never fully realizes she is married until her husband and his friends begin to compare clothes in her presence. Every married woman has some man in her mind whom she would hate to see get married—a sort of understudy to her husband. The diamonds a woman wears before marriage are emblems of the love of some man. Those she wears afterward are emblems of a hus- band’s conceit. Only a very clever man should allow himself to fall in love with no intention of marrying. It requires a more skillful physician to cure a dis ease than to prevent it. Some people assert that matches are made in heaven; but divorce records go to prove it more than likely that, like their more practical namesakes, they are made where there is plenty of brimstone. YADA AGNEN, oy ES $ \\ aus ri ‘ ; c sli i pile { alt via iegy yt Gus = Binns ’ Mr. Coox—" Thank goodness! it's only a hunter. Why, I thought at first it was the landlord with his bill.” A SOCIOLOGICAL DISCOVERY. Cholly— Now heal is an article that says that in F'vance the birthwate is less than the deathwate. Ho,ho! just fawn- cy! Why, that cawn’t be, don't you know.” Aw, why cawn’t it?” Cholly—* Why, don’t you see, if that was true there'd be people dying that had nevah been bohn.” WHAT SOLD THE COAT. This coat 's full o' moths,” Shuh' Dem's not moths; dey’re silk-vorms. If de boss hears you he'll charge you two dollars extra.” PROVOKING. Farmer Greexe—"' If [ever ketch that young Perkins I'll kill him, sure! He eloped with my darter Hanner, and ""— FAarmrx Beowx—* Desartid 'er?” . Farmer Grerxr—" No; but he hitched up my two-twenty trotter to do it, an’ druv her so fast she won't be fit fer th’ oat-race next Tuesday.” comicbooks.com