Judge, 1901-05-18 · page 6 of 16
Judge — May 18, 1901 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical observations on romance and marriage by a single woman ("A Spinster"), presented as cynical wisdom. Key points mock romantic ideals—love teaches deception, happiness is a mirage, marriage involves mutual cheating—reflecting early 20th-century skepticism about matrimonial bliss. The cartoons offer social humor: "A Coincidence" plays on a wealthy manufacturer's financial "assignment" (bankruptcy) occurring suspiciously after a church fundraiser. "At the Bottom of the Pond" depicts frogs discussing beer quality—likely a xenophobic joke about immigrants or foreign workers. The "English vs. French" segment mocks a woman's superficial "French" knowledge, reduced to reciting grammar rules. "The Unwritten Contract" suggests legal marriage protections exist for man-to-man dealings but not man-to-woman relationships, hinting at women's limited legal status. Overall, the page reflects period attitudes toward gender relations, immigration, and social class hierarchies.
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REFLECTIONS OF A SPINSTER. HAPPINE is the mi- rage of love. The first lesson love teaches is deception. Women make a wo- man’s reputation; men her character. The best friends of a selfish man are those who know him least. It is well to keep your eyes on a very suspicious man or woman. ‘The prejudices of wo- men are intuitive and can- not be overcome. Perhaps the Lord made bachelors for the consolation of wives. The more diligently the phantom happiness i pursued the faster it fli There are men so morbid that their mere presence calls before us all our past sins. Matrimony is a two-handed play in which from the beginning one al- ways cheats, * Some men are so blasé that they would tire of Paradise after the first hour. The man who has never seen a wo- man he could love owes it to nature to travel, Men who are most undeserving of praise usually receive the most. That shows how little worth it is. vaoa acnew THE UNWRITTEN CONTRACT. THE contract "between man and man” Is based in law divine and human ; Mike (at the speaking-tube of « modern tenement Wut never, since the world began, Aouse)—* Does Misther Cohn live oop-shtairs? Till Could law divine or human span him to look out av the windy —Oi want to shpake ‘The contract between man and woman, wid him.” MADRLINE S. BRIDGES. A COINCIDENCE, Mrs, Uppercrust—" They say Mr. De Millions, the rich manufacturer, has made an assign- ment. Have you seen him lately? Mrs, Blueblud —* Not since last Thursday night, when he attended our church-fair, When did he assign?" Mrs. Uppercrust— Last Friday morning.’ cae OTT caee aR ENGLISH VS. FRENCH. WE ue BOUTON OF THE FO) se—"* Dorothy was perfect in her ' French’ \d every clause at her fingers’ ends. Oh, the lobster!” run back with this beer and tell the bar-keeper that it tasies more like pond-water than anythin comicbooks.com