Judge, 1910-12-10 · page 6 of 24
Judge — December 10, 1910 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This satirical page from Judge contains multiple short humor pieces mocking social conventions, particularly women's behavior and modern society. **"We Could Do without the Woman"** presents a list of female stereotypes—women who prioritize social appearances over morality, talk excessively about silence, suffer theatrically, and care more about broken dinner engagements than broken commandments. The satire criticizes women's perceived hypocrisy and shallow values. **"Ambitious Willie"** jokes about a boy whose ambitions keep literally failing—an airship that won't stay grounded, reversing the expected meaning of "ambitious." **The remaining vignettes** target modern anxieties: women's fashion (uncomfortable shoes), courtship rituals (pre-marital kissing), aviation (the husband's aeronautical interests), and economic concerns (raising money through sales). **The "Aeroplane Map"** is a novelty cartoon reimagining American cities as aviation-related objects—likely satirizing both the era's fascination with flight and urban identity. The overall tone reflects early 20th-century satirical humor about rapidly changing gender roles, new technology, and consumer culture.
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We Could Do without the Woman HO ONLY blushes for the mistakes of her friends. Whose conscience than her garter. Who marries a man to keep some other woman from getting him. Who will talk for hours about the value has more elasticity of silence. Whose marriage is a failure because her husband's love is greater than his bank ac- count. Who forgives aman if he breaks the Ten Commandments, but never if he breaks a dinner engagement. Whose face is her fortune, and who is constantly flashing her roll. Who considers that to suffer in si takes all the pleasure away from it, Who goes to Europe to complete. cation that was never begun. Who never listens to her husband till he begins to talk in his sleep. Who never feels comfortable in new shoes unless they hurt her, Ambitious Willie. HEN Willie Jones was only eight, Folks said he'd win renow laring that he worked so | ‘ou could not keep him ¢ nce an edu. But Will an airship built one day; He thought he'd win a cup. Folks smiled and quickly changed their lay You could not keep him up. ISSING before marriage is as danger- ous as the absence of it afterward, “THE MOLD OF FORM." “ Never you mind, Kitty Magee, I'm goin’ down, an’ den I'll be Hooking vs. Landing. 6S] WAS engaged ten time lady with the double chin, finally married.”” “Yes?” comments the lady with the fur “It's awfully hard for some women says the before I bonnet. to land a man definitely."* Stimulating. HE HIDEOUS hat of womankind Is useful—do not doubt it. Some talking through the same we find, While others talk about it. to get me mudder to turn me petticoats upside in de hobble class, too.’ These Swift Times. SO\VHAT is that building you are put- ting up on the corner of your lot?”" we ask of our neighbor, whose wife is fond of automobiles, while he is going in for aeroplanes. “That? garage Oh, that’s going to be our han- he explains. Blowing Some. OME folks, in order to raise the wind, have to get up a sale. taxicabs and white lights : replica of St. Pal; Cincinaati, AEROPLANE MAP. iva, a a porker; Chicago, « big foot; New them at s glance. Milwaukee is to be rebuilt to resemble rin of beer; City will a in the form of a gi Lin, s baby carriage: Bufal, « bulla cf counes B Paasbardh sa eo Boston, # an anvil: ‘2 crescent; etc., while Washington remains on the squarr.