Judge, 1905-11-11 · page 3 of 16
Judge — November 11, 1905 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon shows a fashionable couple admiring an automobile, with dialogue revealing the woman's priorities: "Jack says he loves his automobile above everything else" / "Yes; I've noticed he spends most of his time under it." The satire mocks early automobile enthusiasm—specifically, men's obsession with cars at the expense of their relationships. The joke is that while Jack claims to love his wife most, his actions (constantly tinkering under the vehicle) prove otherwise. The dog below seems to understand the irony better than Jack does. This reflects early 1900s anxiety about new technology disrupting traditional domestic life, with the automobile portrayed as a rival for a husband's affection and attention.
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G anaige Te LIKES IT EVEN ABOVE HIMSELF. Eucewia—"' Jack says he loves his automobile above everything else.” Ranvotru—"' Yes; I've noticed he spends most of his time under it."* INJUN SUMMER. As it starts with bigger letters, | 1 should answer, I should tell you— Just as Henry Wadsworth might have— Had they asked him the same question Which is lovely for a poet Who is writing for the money And is getting paid at space-rates. Hip, hooray for Indian summer! GHOUED you ask me, as a poet— As an able-bodied poet— Who can write in fancy metre, Who can ‘write ballades and rondeaus, Villanelles and kindred verses Should you ask me—I repeat it— Why I write this Hiawathan- Indianapolis kind of poem, That is only called a poem. In his palmy days at Cambridge— I should answer, I should tell you, Tt was ‘cause ‘twas Indian summer, And because it's—oh, so easy !— And because I never have to Think of rhyming things together, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS EPIGRAM. ss] IS always the unexpected which happens, you know.” ++ Well, I wasn't expecting you'd pay that ten dollars you owe me, but "—— Mrs, Hoyle— Hip, hooray for Hiawatha! I could keep this up forever, But I guess it’s best to cut it. 5 . . . What's that? I'ma dandy gu FRANKLIN P. AVOIDING THE STORM. “* Does your husband ever swear ?”” Mrs. Boyle—1 have never heard him, but I always go out of the room when he is shaving himself.” comicbooks.com