Judge, 1911-04-08 · page 15 of 24
Judge — April 8, 1911 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"A Point of Difference"**: Two clubmen discuss a show where chorus girls portrayed trees—the joke being that chorus girls literally "move their limbs and leave," a pun on their dancing and employment instability. **"Moving Pictures—Why Not Moving Statuary?"**: Satirizes the then-new film industry by suggesting equestrian statues should move too, mocking both cinema novelty and America's unchanging public monuments. **"Before and After Taking (The Fatal Step)"**: The illustration shows a woman's transformation after marriage—her hair deflates and expression sours—commenting on marriage's supposed dampening effect on women's appearance and spirit. **"A Question of Money"**: A visual joke showing dollar signs forming a human silhouette, representing materialism or the reduction of human identity to money. **Other pieces** include light social humor about faces, dinner-party music selections, and a sarcastic response about cutting a skirt "with scissors, as usual"—gentle domestic satire. The overall tone is genteel mockery of contemporary manners and modern anxieties.
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