Judge, 1909-07-24 · page 10 of 16
Judge — July 24, 1909 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge magazine (circa early 1900s) features satirical humor targeting multiple subjects: **"Hints for the Well-Dressed Man"** mocks fashion pretensions through absurd advice: transforming old bathrobes into motor coats via gasoline soaking, fashioning neckties from beard hair, and creating hair dye from ink and shoe polish. The byline credits "Chatty Knickerbocker, Late Valet to Count Nitzki Di Boodelle"—a fictional society figure parodying real gossip columnists. **Social satire includes**: mockery of rigid etiquette rules (evening dress at breakfast), class-consciousness about appropriate clothing for different settings, and commentary on Newport society's arbitrary fashion decisions. **Political reference**: "Independents in politics will appear without collars this season"—likely mocking political independents as slovenly or unreliable. The cartoons accompanying this text feature everyday situations (a man and woman chatting, neighbors complaining about noise) illustrating middle-class social awkwardness. Overall, Judge ridicules both fashion obsession and the arbitrary social conventions governing Edwardian-era America.
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uae A hendsome motor coat can be made of last season's bathrobe by letting it soak in gasoline for three or four houre, and then cov- ering it with a spatter-work of common-garden road-dust until it takes on a deep tan color. This process will give the garment the required atmosphere, and, if the gasoline is of good oily quality, the color will not run. An economical necktie for a gentleman-farmer is obtained by letting the beard grow long, and gathering it underneath a celluloid collar and tying the ends into a four-in-hand or a sailor's knot. Fastened with a silver-gilt hairpin, this will attract a great deal of attention, equa <b ctmar be gate oa wtieR TUT Baldheaded gentlemen with a remainder of black fringe around pment fe the ears and at the base of the brain will do well to avoid red HINTS FOR THE WELL-DRESSED MAN. toupees, which carry with them no illusion of youth, or, as the = ‘Frum the Special Gentleman’ Numberof the ‘Parisians so naively put it, vraisemblance au naturelle. A good Gad sty.) hair-dye can be made at amall cost with a mixture of ink and shoe ATENT-LEATHER pumps attached to polish—the first to provide the color scheme, and the latter to im- silken hose make a very effective foot- part the necessary gloss to the hair. ear for a fireman's ball, but it should Gyatty KNICKERBOCKER, always be borne in mind that these are Late Valet to Count Nitzki Di Boodelle, for evening wear, and are bad form for mountain climbing, baseball games, und cross-country runs. ‘The well-dressed man will take care not to wear full evening dress at break- ast at mountain hotels, It is not only of the conven- but is a direct infringement of the privi of the head waiter as I well. Adapt your dress to your envi- » ronment. Do not wear loud clothes in A the quiet districts of the country. Red golf jackets are not adapted to strolls through a bull pasture, and the wearing of automobile es and clambakes is discountenanced by our best F While the bathing costumes of the ladies at Newport will be as : son, it has been decided by Cotillion on, having headquarters at the Rhode summer capital, that frock coats and silk hats will not be } worn in the surf this year by any of the Who's Whos of American | Society.”” In the Arctic regions ear-tabs will be worn as usual at all the : best functions, A rather natty tab is made of sealskin lined with ermine, with little gold-eyed perforations in the side for the purposes , of ventilation and to permit of the hearing of such conversation as \! going on around you. ‘The cost of these will, of course, depend some- what on the size of your ears, p Independents in politics will appear without collars this season, . but will be plentifully supplied with cuffs, and, as in the past, spats A will be quite in order: but care should be taken that these are not to offensively loud, Ms FRED CRAFT 7 tre uy INCONSIDERATE NEIGHBORS. “Say, cut that out! I’m tryin’ to get some sleep."” 7 A TEMPTATION OF TO-DAY. 66G IR, my grandmother ig dead," announced the dreamy-eyed, cherub-faced office-boy. “But it is not the baseball season,”” the brutal employer countered, **No; but the McGuire fellies have challenged the McGinnis gang to a Marathon across the Hackensack meadows, and I’m to be Dorando,"’ declared the youth, allowing his enthusiasm to overcome his caution. HANDICAPPED BY AVOIRDUPOIS. 'Y MOTHER sometimes says, ‘ This cream's Too thin to whip.” Oh, my! I wonder if, should I grow thin, She'd that same rule apply? A CHANGE OF SUBJECT DESIRED. Small—* A normal human brain weighs two pounds fifteen Vaite—** Let's talk about things that concern us."" ANOTHER, “* Let me see—didn’t you tell me to res J you to get someth when we got to town?” "believe Vid.” GOME performers take great pains with their music ; others What was i give them, comichooks.com