Judge, 1911-03-11 · page 6 of 24
Judge — March 11, 1911 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes early-20th-century anxieties about **automobiles and changing gender roles**. The main cartoon shows a priest blessing an automobile, captioned "Information" — humorously depicting cars as new objects of reverence, replacing horses in American life. The prose sections mock **women's liberation**. "The New Order" jokes that as women enter politics, men will need to learn housework. "Motor Medley" shows couples preferring cars to horses — reflecting cultural worry about automobiles as symbols of modern independence threatening traditional domesticity. The **"Proverbs of a Young Auto Driver"** satirizes reckless motorists and their conflicts with law enforcement ("A tirade of hot words is a sign that tire aid is needed"). The final section mocks strangers getting lost on unfamiliar roads — suggesting automobiles' disorienting effect on established social geography. Overall: the page presents automobiles as socially disruptive, undermining both traditional transportation hierarchies and gender expectations.
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Motor Medley. By LIDA KECK WIGGINS HICH shall it be?"’ I looked at John, John looked at me, Above old Dobbin’s shaggy head; Then each unto the other said, “T love the horse, but better far, I fear, I love a motor car! The New Order. Crawford—Don’t you think it ashame that the boys in school are taught such fads as cooking and sewing?” Crabshaw—‘‘It looks to me like a wise provision for the fu- ture. With the women going in for politics, the men of the next generation will have to do the housework.’ The Styles. Stella—'‘Did she cut off her nose to spite her face?"’ Bella—*Yes; but it wasn’t successful, because her hat cov- ered it, anyway.”” How To Do It. Neighbor—‘Will you lend me your snow shovel?’’ Next neighbor—‘‘Yes, if you will shovel off my walk first.’’ The Proof. ARY had a little lamb— Where’s the chance to doubt it? Forty-seven thousand bards IN ORDER TO ECONOMIZE SPJINKS LIVES IN HIS GARAGE. Oh, no, there is nothing wrong with the machine. He is looking for his collar button. Scribble still about it! Proverbs of a Young Auto Driver. By WILLIAM J. BURTSCHER. HE gasoline wagon is flightier than the horse wagon. A tirade of hot words is a sign that tire aid is ded. A little high speed now and then for tests is relished by the man who makes arrests, A man is apt to feel that he is not getting enough for the dollar that is going from him when he buys a new machine, and that he is giving up too much for the dollar that is coming to him when he sells it second-hand, A word from the wise constable to the otherwise chauffeur is not always suffi- cient. That the automobile has come to stay INFORMATION is often provoking to the man who wants ** May I ask you where this road leads to?"" it to go. ‘, To be sare ye can." A slip of the tongue often follows a “* Well, where ?”” : i “ Hanged if I know. I'm a stranger ‘round here."” slip of the tire. comicbooks.com