Judge, 1911-04-15 · page 9 of 24
Judge — April 15, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple short humorous pieces satirizing early 1900s American life: **"The Viewpoint"** mocks consumer confusion about pricing and value through absurdist questions about cigars. **"On Easter Sunday"** ridicules the fashionable "hobble skirt"—a restrictive garment so tight women could barely walk, requiring them to "teeter-totter" even to church. **"The Embarrassing Question"** explores marital diplomacy: a husband must praise his wife's objectively hideous new Easter hat despite his honest opinion, ultimately deflecting with "I like you." **"Dame Fashion Presents"** sarcastically describes the Easter Parade as a spectacle featuring three million women in expensive imported fashions, alongside "mere men, a few children, and dogs"—mocking both women's fashion obsession and the parade's frivolous excess. The recurring Easter bonnet theme reflects genuine social anxiety: extravagant women's hats symbolized wasteful spending and vanity, while also representing women's visible participation in public life. The humor targets both female fashion excess and male discomfort with female autonomy and spending power.
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The Viewpoint. YOUNG man walked up to a clerk ina cigar store. “Say,” he said, “there’s a sign over there, ‘Cigars, five cents a piece.’ Which end is the piece cut from and how big a piece do you get for your nickel?’ Before the clerk could answer, other young man walked in. “If those cigars are fi’ cents a piece,” he ventured, ‘‘how much does a whole ‘one cost?"” On Easter Sunday. MotHER, may I go out to church? Oh, yes, my darling daughter. Put on your latest hobble skirt And go there, teeter-totter! Father Carried It. 6 Y FATHER," says the host, “carried that sword." The guest examines the blade with in- terest, and discovers a stamped state- ment thereon, to the effect that the sword was made in 1899. “What war was your father in?"’ he asks. “War? Oh, father wasn't in any war! He was a traveling salesman for a regalia house.’’ Where Evil Came In. Husband (meditating upon the Easter bonnet bill)—‘‘God made woman, but the devil certainly makes the new styles.” an- The Embarrassing Question. By AMOS R. WELLS. 660 YOU like my new hat?’ says your wife, Appearing in awful disguis A fabric whose towering strife Shrieks up to the horrified skies. “Do you like my new hat?"” and she smiles, Her dimples with diffidence blent, And all the dear, timorous wiles That seek a delighted assent. And what is a fellow of wit, And honest, moreover, to do, But say, as he shudders from it, “At any rate, dear, I like you'’? ‘ATIT YALSVA AHL (For caption to this picture, turn page bottom side up.) Knicker—‘‘Are you afraid to go home in the dark?” Bocker—‘*No; I'm much more afraid when my wife leaves the light burning.”” Credit, Perhaps. 6s M* FACE is my fortune.” “Gee! How do you manage to dress so well?” WhatHappened. ‘ HE WATCH held up its hands— not in horror, nor was it being robbed of its jewels. It had run down! Anatomical. 6¢P)ID YOUR bus- band kick over the bill for your new hat?”’ “Yes; but he footed it."’ Dame Fashion Presents, For One Performance Only, on Sunday, April 16th, THE EASTER PARADE. The most gorgeous spectacle ever pre sented to the American people! Count § Fully three million i Count ‘em! / women in line! ‘em! One million women hobbling in elabo- rate Parisian gowns, with imported pattern creations upon their heads. One million women near-hobbling in re- made, partly new frocks, with ‘‘the latest’’ domestic headwear. One million suffragettes striding in any old dress, with mere lids protecting their throbbing brain pans. Scattered throughout the parade and bringing up the rear, mere men, a few children, and dogs. Forearmed. He—‘‘Do you think we can keep our engagement a secret for a while?"’ She—‘‘Certainly, dear. Everybody has promised me they'll not say a word."" ya f | & THE REAR VIEW OF THE EASTER PARADE. comicbooks.com