Judge, 1909-10-16 · page 7 of 16
Judge — October 16, 1909 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical shorts typical of early-20th-century American humor magazines: **Main Cartoon (top):** Shows chickens mocking a rooster attempting to crow, labeled "Animal Nature Same the World Over." The caption references "the old suffragette trying to crow"—a gendered insult equating women's suffrage advocates with animals making unseemly noise. This reflects anti-suffrage sentiment common before women gained voting rights. **Text Pieces:** Include gentle social commentary on perpetual motion (chewing gum), arithmetic education, Christmas shopping temptations for wives, and matchmaking anxieties. **"Concentration" section (right):** A mother-daughter dialogue mocking another mother's pride in her daughter's fifty-three admirers, suggesting quantity of suitors means nothing without an actual commitment ("landing" a beau). This reflects early-1900s courtship anxieties and competitive social status among women. The overall tone blends light domestic humor with period-specific social critiques.
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AT LAST. PERPETUAL motion 's h dear Chewing gum. LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT. SCTPHAT fellow over T there makes little things count, I tell you!” “Inde arithmetic to the hi school freshman class." ET HUSBANDS be warned in time, now that Christmas is not far off. Already the writer has detected several married women gazing in at ci store windows. ANIMAL NATURE SAME THE WORLD © “Ha, ha ha! What do you think of the old suffrayette trying, 10 crow! Fane, 'T ON ‘THE WIN “The human race is still in its in CONCENTRATION. “cc Y DAUGHTER,” says the first moth- cr proudly, “is the most popular girl in town. Why, we counted them up one day, and she has no less than fifty-three gentlemen admirers, Isn't that splen- did! It must seem 80 very different to have a daughter like your Irene, who has but the one suitor.”” ** Yes," crisply retorts the other mother; ‘* but I would beg you to remember that my daughter has land- ed her one beau, while your daughter is won- dering which of the fifty- three is coming to the point.’* comicbooks.com