Judge, 1907-08-03 · page 6 of 16
Judge — August 3, 1907 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **Top cartoon**: Depicts fashionably dressed women gossiping on a street. The caption jokes that men need three marriages to learn how to manage a wife properly—the third wife being "worth taking care of." This reflects contemporary cynicism about marriage and domestic life. **Three dialogue pieces** mock everyday American life: a professor asking what books helped students (answered: "Dad's check-book"), neighbors discussing domestic noise (a husband disciplining children), and rumors about a politician's activity. **"Back to the Farm"**: A poem contrasting two brothers—one returns to simple farm life and finds contentment (and engagement), while the other seeks fashionable resort vacations and suffers. This reflects rural-versus-urban tensions and anxieties about modern prosperity making Americans "too darned prosperous." **"The Sympathetic Bond"**: References Ohio having many notable sons, comparing the state to the nursery rhyme woman with many children. **"Climatic Changes"**: A brief joke about cold weather making bathing suits impractical. The overall tone is gently satirical about modern American manners and social pretension.
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23 0N'S asseciaTion Z1ME KNOWLEDGE COMES BY EXPERIENCE. "Aman bye to marry for the third time, as a rule, before he knows how to take care of a wife."" Yes asa rule, a man has to marry for the third time before he gets a wife that’s worth taking care of." HIS CHIEF RELIANCE. A MAN'S USUAL METHOD, Professor (to graduating class in college)—"* Young men, there is Mrs, Meck (to her next-door neighbor)—*+ What was that awful one more question I would like to ask, and that is, what books have rumpus I heard over at your house last evening? Weren't having a helped you most in your struggles for an education ? political debate or putting out a fire, were you?” Young Scadds (promptly speaking up from the foot of the class) — Mrs, Foghorn—*Oh, no! That was only Mr, Foghorn reason- ++ Dad's check-book has helped me about as much as any of em so far.” ing with the children on the subject of keeping quiet.” BACK TO THE FARM. ILL says to me, “No farm for mine; Vacation "s meant for fun, I'm going to some swell resort And spend my two-weeks’ ‘mo So Bill he goes where board is high— I guess it was Newport Back to the farm to dad and ma T went—I ain't no sport. I saw the old gray mare, the cow ; 1 fed the chickens, too ; And dad and ma and me somehow Was gayer than we knew, And ma gave me a party, oh— My “coming-out,” I s'pose ; And ma she introduced a gal— Yes; I'm engaged to Rose! But brother Bill had no such luck— In fact, he suffered harm. Some summer gal just jilted him— ‘Twas, “Bill, back to the farm T guess that James J. Hill was right In spreading his alarm. We're feeling too darned prosperous— y, Bill, back to the farm! WALTER BEVERLEY CRANE. THE SYMPATHETIC BOND. HE old woman who lived in a shoe nodded sympathetically. +L know just how Ohio feels,” she remarked. «She has so many favorite sons she doesn’t know what to do.” Herewith she watched the campaign with CLIMATIC CHANGES. a +1 see Polly Cute is wearing her last-year’s bathing-sult.”” “Yes. She bought material for a new one, but when the early summer was so cold she had Berrer have your wife with you than after you. jt made up into a pair of ear-mufls.”" interest comicbooks.com