Judge, 1910-07-16 · page 10 of 16
Judge — July 16, 1910 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes the "Summer Girls' Union," a humorous organization regulating young women hired as seasonal companions/entertainers at resort destinations. The detailed bylaws mock both the formality of labor unions and the commodification of young women's social availability. Key satirical elements include: - **Rule 10**: A "tax" on courtship activities (flowers, carriage rides) - **Rule 13**: Members must declare whether they'll pursue "blonde" or "brunette" men, suggesting women are organized like competing sales divisions - **Rule 14**: Prohibiting flirtation with clergy and judges—implying these were typical targets - **The "middleman"** cartoon above: A man describes himself as a broker supplying "boarders" (young women) to customers, treating romantic companionship as a commercial transaction The satire critiques both the transactional nature of turn-of-century courtship for working-class women and the absurdity of formalizing such arrangements through union rules.
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A NEW No, sire, I don't keep boarders myself “Walk right in, mister. INDUSTRY. I'm a middleman ship boarders to customers."* Summer Girls’ Union No. 6. (Concluded from a preceding page.) received, The tax on flowers, candies, bug- gy rides, and other articles of a perishable nature remains the same. 10, The minimum number of engagements required for the retention of membership is fifteen per month. Members failing to ac- quire that number will be allowed to retain their cards only with the distinct under- standing that the deficit shall be made good before the end of the season. 11, In view of the treaties entered into with our sister organization, the Winter Girls’ Union, all engagements entered into during the summer season are considered null and void on and after September Ist, except by special permission of the execu- tive council. 12. Where there are five or more members of this union engaged in operations at the same resort, the work must be conducted without rivalry, and all campaigns against new arrivals must be assigned by a definite arrangement entered into between all the members concerned before beginning the KNEW BY EXPERIENCE. ** Your wife seems active and vigorous for her age. “Ye 'd be afther thinkin’ so if yees ivir had a difference wid her." work amicably and irrevocably. Members failing to otserve this rule and cutting into another's field will be expelled. 13. In order to prevent misunderstandings and unnecessary antagonisms among the members, the rules require that members must elect at the beginning of each season whether they are to operate in the blonde group or the brunette, and, having so elected, must not change from one to the other without permission of the council, said n to be given only for good and sufficient reasons. 14. For the general good of the union, attention is called to the constitutional in- hibition against flirtations, mild or other- wise, with members of the clergy, members of State Legislatures, or judges of the Fed- eral courts. 15. Any member of this union eloping or marrying under any provocation whatsoever without the consent of the executive com- mittee will be expelled, and will thereby lose whatever privileges she might have enjoyed under the regu- lations covering the rights of grass T git, erate, and widows, divorcees, or real widows acting as summer girls under the supervision of this association. A Revision. ITTLE rays of sunshine, Little (7) drops of sweat, Make think that summer ’s Disappeared—not yet. Packing Advice. F THE woman who is prepar- ing to go away to thec ountry for the summer wil! write down the name of each article as she packs it in the trunk, she will ve herself the trouble of tak- ing them all out again tosee if some special article is there. A Cooling Draught. (Tey a tintte of this when the heat revive.) HRISTMAS! Christmas! It comes but once a year. Christmas! Christmas! Is just five months from here. A Good Scheme. By MLANDBURGH WILSON: (Mereahet stamp ate to be deliveted gummed side up to customers.) IVE to the government glory! Praise to the post-office give! Hail to the order just issued Helping us better to live! Acting on science’s dictum, Lest upon microbes we sup, Stamps we buy over the counter All must be gummy side up. Shaper of man’s little courses— Destiny, providence, fate— There is a hint which, if followed, Much would improve our estate. Sorrow would leave us forever, Happiness brim in our cup, If it could only be ordered Bread should fall buttered side up. MOST every wife knows that a hand in her husband's pocket isworth two hands round his neck. ES THE MONUMENT OF FUTURE GENERALS.