Judge, 1909-03-13 · page 3 of 15
Judge — March 13, 1909 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains household humor and social satire typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine. **"For the Household Page"** features a woman defending her $4 weekly household budget to a skeptical friend. The satire targets gender economics: the woman stretches limited funds through careful shopping and meal planning, while her husband remains unaware she's actually saving money monthly through shrewd management. The joke reveals the financial acumen required of housewives despite limited allowances. **Other sections** include light verse about Mary's lamb, a dialogue joke about a man repaying borrowed money spent on drinks, and neighborhood humor about cat disputes. The cartoons use exaggerated illustrations typical of period humor magazines. Overall, the page satirizes domestic life, marital finances, and social class expectations of the era.
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JUDGE’S FAVORITE. MISS GEORGIA DREW MENDUM. From curtain rise to curtain fall You do surprise in pleasing all. MORE ABOUT MARY. ARY had a little lamb, Also some Brussels sprouts; She likewise had a little bird, ‘And, lest you have some doubts, We'll say that Mary also had A little bit of all The highest-priced comestibles The waiter could recall. Mary had a little beau Who had to pay for it, And when the waiter brought the check He nearly had a fit. witaun b. Nesary. AN EYE FOR BUSINESS. White—" Why are you so anxious to lend that friend a dollar whenever he asks it?’ He only spends the money in drinks and cigars.”” Black—' Oh, he always pays it back!" White— But there must be some other reason for your ready generoeity.”” Black—* Well, there is. He alw spends half of the money on me."” THEN THINGS CHANGED. intic lady (who is calling up an echo) —'‘Isn’t it wonderful and beautiful?” Native—"* We useter think jest that way till pop got a phonygraph.” FOR THE HOUSEHOLD PAGE. “ Y HUSBAND," says the woman with the optimis- tic face, ‘‘ gives me four dollars a week for keeping up the table for our family, and it is simply wonder- ful how we do it.” “TI should think so,’’ observes the woman with the grim smile. “ How big a family have you?”” ‘My husband, myself, three boys, and one girl.’” “And you keep up your table with four dollars a week? What do you have?” “For breakfast we have a ce- real, fruit, coffee, and sometimes bacon and eggs; for luncheon. cold meats or croquettes or something made of the left-overs from dinner the night before, and a simple des- sert; for dinner we have a soup, chicken or roast meat, two vege- tables, a salad, coffee, and a des- sert.”” ** My goodness! What prices do you pay for groceries and meats?” “Mercy me! I never ask. I * just telephone to the grocer and meat man and tell them what I want, and my husband gets the bills the first of the month."” “But I thought you said he a lowed you only four dollars a week. “So he does; and by charging nearly everything, do you know, I actually save eight or ten dollars a month from that allowance !”’ THE OPINION OF THE BROTHER MASONS. Hanlon—“ Begorra, this paper says they ‘ve made Misther ‘Tawft ‘a Mason at soight.?” Haggerty—* A Mason at soight? Well, be jabbers, thot ’s goin’ some! We had t° carry th’ hod fer a long toime befoore they ‘d lit us lay a brick, an’ he’s big an’ strong enoof t’ do th’ same. A NEIGHBORHOOD ROW. “See here, Mrs, Scales, if you don't make your dog-fish stop chasing my cat-fish, there’s going to be trouble.”