Judge, 1911-01-28 · page 9 of 24
Judge — January 28, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"Votes for Women"** (Lampton poem): Satirizes women's suffrage advocates by questioning whether voting rights will truly improve women's lives or disrupt "nature's laws." The poem suggests women's traditional domestic role is divinely ordained, mocking suffrage as futile social disruption. **"Dressing Salad" cartoon**: A biblical Adam-and-Eve joke playing on marital domestic discord—Eve has apparently ruined Adam's suit by throwing it in food, a visual pun on "dressing" salad. **"How to Dress on Little"**: Satirizes economical housewives who repurpose old clothing (converting a dress sleeve into a hobble skirt). It gently mocks domestic thrift culture while praising efficient household management. **"Allaying Suspicion"**: Shows a man reassuring his anxious wife that he "found" something suspicious, implying marital distrust and potential infidelity humor. The page reflects early 1900s attitudes: skepticism toward women's suffrage, jokes about marriage tensions, and commentary on working-class/middle-class domestic economies.
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ately after arrival. Were teeth there, ready for use, then the baby might bite off its toes. The noise like crying in which the baby indulges is not a sign of poor con- struction. Every baby turned out is guaranteed as the very best baby, with- out exception, Its noises while operat- ing are no defect, nor any token that it will be either a politician or a prima donna. The noises are merely a method of exercising the lungs, located in a sealed compartment among other ma- chinery. These !ungs are not to be ex- posed nor tampered with. The noises are the only way of exercising the lungs and the household, and until the lungs can be removed and exercised apart from the baby, the household must ex- pect to be exercised also. All babies come adjusted to speak Goo-goo, a kind of Volapuk or universal language. Any father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, aunt, uncle, sister, brother, and cook, by em- ployment of a modicum of imagination, can understand Goo-goo perfectly and translate it readily into current speech, whether that be English, German, French, or what. The Goo-goo Volapuk is a most valuable invention. Votes for Women. By WILLIAM J. LAMPTON. The bitterest opponents of the right of women to vote admit that suffrage will come in time Mr. 0. HP. Belmont, N TIME? In time for what? In time for her to change the lot Assigned to her by nature's laws As co-efficient in the cause Of human welfare, sweet and fine, That makes the man in us divine? In time for that? 'Twere better she Were late to all eternity. VI VW I I DRESSING SALAD. BOHEMIAN “I” GLASSES. Adam—" Say, Eve, was that my suit you threw in the salad ?"’ D&T judge How To Dress on Little. a man too 669 HAVE often wondered how your harshly by ap- wife manages to dress as well as pearances. A she does.”” man whowearsa = “Jt_is very simple. She's a great celluloid collar manager. Only the other day she had a and a red neck- hobble skirt made out of one of the tie may have — sleeves of the dress she was married in."” pretty pod sense Commercialized. ” omer direc [N THESE days it is sad to see if tions. rought The good old almanac, ALLAYING SUSPICION. up wrong, that’s That boasted such a pedigree, Mr. Bird—"' Don't get excited, my dear. Everything's all right. I found it."” all. The trademark of the quack. comicbooks.com