Judge, 1902-07-05 · page 19 of 20
Judge — July 5, 1902 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This brief satirical piece mocks the "New Woman" movement—the early feminist push for women's independence and equality gaining traction in America and Britain around the turn of the 20th century. **The Joke:** An American woman visiting England for the coronation mistakes Scottish soldiers wearing traditional kilts for evidence that British women have adopted men's clothing as part of the women's liberation movement. She calls the kilts "rainy-day skirts," misidentifying military dress as feminist fashion. **The Satire:** The humor derives from the woman's naive American perspective and her eager enthusiasm for seeing "new womanhood" everywhere. The cartoon gently mocks both the American woman's gullibility and the somewhat ridiculous rhetoric surrounding women's fashion reform, by having her confuse an entirely different (and male) tradition with progressive gender politics. The surrounding advertisements and other brief comic snippets on this Judge magazine page are standard period fare—whiskey ads, piano promotions, and Saratoga Springs resort marketing.
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THE SCOTCH FUSILIERS, ES," smiled the English host, I as- sure you that the ‘new-woman movement,’ as you call it in America, has not a few followers in this country.” “Oh,” gurgled the young lady from New York, who had been invited over for the coronation, «that is true, and I think jit is just too sweet. Why, yesterday we saw a whole regiment of soldiers with rainy-day skirts on.” Trips hither and thither are fraught with weariness and exhaustion. There is nothing more recuperative Hunter}. Baltimore Many wome id the philosopher, “can make their own clothes, but it is the exalted few who can make them so that the others will not suspect it."— | Indianapolis News. Increase your strength, ward off ill health— use Abbott's. the Original Angostura Bitters, the strength-giver. A sure restora- tive and of de- Miss Eastside—"That isa lovely licious flavor. | gown, but haven't I seen it before? Miss Westside—"No, 1 think not; I have only worn it at_a very few smart affairs this season.""—Town and Country. It is particularly recommended — to women because of its age and ex- cellence. BALTIMORE The new Sohmer piano- factory occupies cight large lots, situated a short distance from City. In building the factory the firm has , spared no expense, and can safely claim to pos | for th Ninety-second street ferry at Long Island | autcénobiles Bacon— they you 8° drink. drink p,. 6 yen “And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs And as silently steal away.” Ons Vabel, ATALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS What's his business?" Why, he’s a drummer for have drummers do they? Well, it's Lei Seuclam cals and by sobtere: sess the most perfect piano-forte house in the | a I think it would be much | United States. {sal they had a drummer and a | in front of each of the machines.""—| @ THE LEHIGH’S NEW SUMMER BOOK. | fnkers Statesman “If I were not an Englishman,’ | said | , The 1302 Summer Resort Book of the Lehigh Valley the pompous Briton, patronizingly, “I Railroad gut, and contain the ussal complet infor __ | should wish to be a Boer.” feoors focared eloog es tonsa eseres that ae She He declares’he loves’ the very, “Indeed!” replied the belligerent Boer; | fexched va at line "The took i Bld as ground I tread on _ , 1 and, HE, were not a Boer would wish (vile eae rth ming virtues tt |eyea\ gn the estate"~Hlareurd Lampoon | | EERE PEE REE EEE DEER EE EEE PEERLESS ooh ores at at St St SS. + 3 13 z “Queen of t . a . ’ a American Spas * t , As a health resort where is the place that compares with it? E E: 3 2 O tell the story of its mineral springs and the good they have done mankind ki | would necessitate turning back the pages of history to the time when Sir William Johnson was first Brought to the Springs by Indians in 1767. g To appreciate how valuable and beneficial the waters are regarded to-day is to Ls see the multitudes march to the Springs every morning and quaff of the limpid flow. t It \ IF YOU ARE PLEASURE SEEHRING 5 i Where is the place that affords the variety of diversions, Hi the fun, the life, the sport, that you can have in Saratoga? Ee 3 This Season Will Eclipse All Others in Gayety The Pleasantest Way to reach Saratoga is by Boat up the Hudson, on the ALBANY DAY LINE LEADING HOTELS i BOARDING HOUSES Grand Union United States Howland House The Waring Congress Hall The Windsor The Washburne The Aldine The Kensington The Worden The Orient The Pleasant Home The Carlsbad The New Columbian The Western Hotel H LEADING SPRINGS: FOR COTTAGES, furnished or unfurnished, apply to LESTER “BROS., Leading Real Estate Brokers ‘SARATOGA VICHY © CONGRESS © HIGH ROCK © LINCOLN For the convenience of those interested in financial matters, MCINTYRE & MARSIIALL, Members of the New York Stock Exchange, maintain a Branch in the Grand Union Hotel, with direct private wire communication. TOA Hehepedfedhehe tooo fe a ee a tt aS a A MR ey KLARA AAA LTA LALLA AAA ARR Repeat pop repeat pte peReRe ke For * ARE YOU A MONEY-MAKER ? 82) testes iso Momus: comicbooks.com