Judge, 1911-05-06 · page 12 of 28
Judge — May 6, 1911 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains brief satirical pieces and cartoons typical of early-20th-century American humor: **"Should Be a Winner"** jokes about actor Nat Goodwin's multiple marriages—his ex-wives will buy his memoir out of curiosity or spite. **"Mean" revenge** describes a divorce where the husband gains custody of the wife's prized lapdog, a petty but cutting victory. **"Maid of Wellesley"** references an actual scandal: Wellesley College students dissecting neighbors' pet cats for laboratory work. The poem humorously pleads for the cat's return, punning on "cat-alogue." **"Loafing on the Job"** mocks hotels advertising "running water" when it merely trickles slowly. **"In the Highest Degree"** satirizes women marrying wealthy men for alimony—Helen's first marriage "succeeded" because she'll marry a nobleman using divorce settlement funds. The cartoons use simple line-drawing styles common to period magazines. Overall, the humor targets marriage, infidelity, academic pretension, and class mobility—recurring themes in American satire.
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Party vith bucket—"1 SAY, THERE, HURRY AND STEER PROM UNDER THIS CLOUD, I'M GETTING TIRED OP BAILING OUT.” Should Be a Winner. “«sT)yO YOU think Nat Goodwin's forthcoming book about his mat rimonial experiences will be a financial success?” “It should be. Each of his former wives will probably buy a copy.”” A PUZZLER. “* What 's that ?’" “*T sez, is a feller wot calls on his girl in a thunder shower a rainbow ?’’ ‘Twould Touch a Popuiar Chord. OMPOSERS, try this for a song— The royalties ought to be fat— “He Thought He Was Stuck on the Girl, When 'Twas But the Pin in Her Hat."" Mean. «¢LJE TOOK a mean revenge.” “In what way?” “‘When she sued him for divorce, he got the judge to give him the custody of her Japdog.”” T TAKES more wrinkles to make a frown than a smile. Moral: Econo- mize your wrinkles. Maid of Wellesley. By GRACE McKINSTRY. Wellesley bas lately been ia trouble oa accoaat of dix secting pet cats belonging to people in the vicinity.— ‘News item AID of Wellesley, ere we quit, Give, oh, give me back my kit! True, perhaps I bid defiance To the sacred cause of science; But my cat was such a pet, Please do not dissect her yet! I will seek her, if I’m able, On each laboratory table; When I've scanned each spot and nook, In the cat-alogue I'll look. Loafing on the Job. Blinkins—‘'I see the management ad- vertises running water in all the rooms.”” Clerk—‘Yes; but, between you and me, it never comes faster than a very slow walk."’ Tit-Bits for the Banquet Table. By 8. B. KISER. OME men live to eat, some men eat to live, and some men get their meals at boarding houses. Solomon had seven hundred wives, but we have no evidence that any of them could cook to suit him. The world’s greatest combination—a good meal and a hearty laugh. Some men long for riches, some men sigh for fame, Some think love the all-important question; But when you've thought it over, you'll not dispute the claim That the best thing in the world’s a good digestion. Don’t blame your neighbor for looking sad. He may have been indicted for combining in restraint of trade or be on a diet. The difference between a wise man and a fool is that the fool, knowing when he has had enough, keeps on. A meal without mirth is like a kiss that has been sent by mail. Eating should be made an art, espe- cially by those who have whiskers. Gardening in Eden. VE NEVER had to care a rap And Adam never raised the dickens Because their garden was scratched up By other people’s pesky chickens. The Woman That's Different. “««QHE LOOKS like a woman with a take?” “Not exactly; she is trying to divorce IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE. “* Was Helen's marriage a success ?"’ “ Goodness, yes. ‘Why, she is going to marry a nobleman on the alimony.” =