Judge, 1911-01-28 · page 10 of 24
Judge — January 28, 1911 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains several jokes mocking women's suffrage and gender roles circa the early 1900s. **"When the Women Vote"** depicts Mrs. Uffrage (a pun on "suffrage") asking whether election ballots are "sterilized"—implying women voters are obsessed with cleanliness and domestic concerns rather than serious politics. The joke ridicules female suffragists as intellectually unsuited for voting. **Other satirical items** include: - A bride promising "No babies expected" at her wedding—mocking maternal concerns - A joint bank account joke where the husband "deposits" and wife "withdraws"—suggesting women only care about spending money - "No Cold Apartments There" about the Devil as janitor—a non-political poem The overall message reflects anti-suffrage sentiment: that women entering the political sphere would bring trivial domestic preoccupations to serious governance. The humor relies on gender stereotypes common to the era's opposition to women's voting rights.
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When the Now What Did She Mean? Women Vote. ATA RECENT wedding a baby had 46—QXCUSE me shrieked without intermission, to for bother- the great annoyance of the guests, ete. ing you about it, As the bridal party was leaving the John,"’ said Mrs. church, a slight delay occurred; one of Uffrage, on the the guests seized the opportunity to say morning of election to the first bridesmaid, day, “‘but are these “What a nuisance babies are at a wed- ballots that we cast ding!” sterilized?"’ “Yes, indeed!’’ answered the brides- “NotthatI know maid angrily. ‘‘When I send out the in- of, my dear,”’ said yjtations to my wedding, I shall have Mr. Uffrage, with a printed in the corner, ‘No babies ex- laugh. ‘* Why do pected.’ you ask?” Nature Sonnets. “Oh, nothing,” said Mrs. Uffrage (By the Village Poet.) calmly. ‘‘I only thought that if they 66[PDA, WHAT'S a joint bank account OW, every evening, when our weren't I'd take the sugar tongs along of man and wife?” supper’s o'er with me to handle mine with.”’ “That's an account, my son, where And ma has come into the the husband does the depositing and the room to sit No Cold Apartments There. i j faa * And read the village paper ; _ Apartment wife the withdrawing. ‘or to knit: HE DEVIL is a janitor— Pa, if he hasn’t journeyed to the store, Yea, one that’s hard to beat; For not a soul below doth growl Seta. gave the old atone: pitcher,:e8 of Because of lack of heat. for a mirror. ‘And goes down cellar where the cider is And draws it brimming full of juice and fizz, Then planks himself beside the stove once more. Ma says she thinks that he would rather eat The apples from the barrel, red and fair; Pa says his teeth are poor and do not meet, And he is tired from his daily toil and care. “Besides,” he says, ‘Mirandy, what's the uw A-chawnkin’ apples when you kin drink the juice? Jer Cone THE HUB. Explained. might have swapped her figleaf The Natural Trend of Thought. Voice over the telephune—‘‘What have you got on for this afternoon, Emeline? Emeline—‘Why, my blue foulard, with the passementerie waist, and my black beaver with the ostrich plume.”” Voice over the telephone—'*Oh, I don’t mean clothes—I mean what are you go- ing to do?” Emeline—‘Oh, nothing!”’ That Elusive Line. Mrs. Crabshaw ‘ou never put your arm around my waist as you used to,"" Crabshaw—"*You see, my dear, you keep moving your waist up and d I wouldn't know where to find it."” As Stated. A PRETTY young Creole from La. Was wooed by a colonel from Ga. They were married in Tenn., Took a trip up through Penn., BEFORE THE CAMPHOR BALL. And now run a farm down in Va. Eve—" Oh, Adam, isn’t it terrible! The moths have been in the wardrobe again,"” comicbooks.com