Judge, 1911-05-20 · page 7 of 24
Judge — May 20, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This satirical page from early-20th-century Judge contains multiple comic commentaries on gender and social relations: **"Here and There"** depicts a wife's declining affection over marriage's first year—a common trope mocking matrimonial disillusionment. She progresses from eagerly greeting her husband to ignoring him entirely, finishing her book instead. **"Hallucinations"** by Carolyn Wells mocks women's suffrage and changing female independence. The speaker mistakes a "suffragette" for a pretty girl and a "lady's summer hat" for a pleasure boat—suggesting absurdity in women's liberation and the era's enormous, impractical women's hats. **"At the Gymkhana"** shows a woman learning to "manage a husband" through sports, implying women need training to handle marriage. The remaining short pieces ("Had Them Made to Order," "Justice") offer mild domestic humor about mustaches and cynical observations about justice favoring the wealthy. Overall, the page reflects Belle Époque anxieties about changing gender roles, marriage stability, and women's emerging independence—treating these developments with condescending mockery typical of the period's satirical press.
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PROTECTIVE AND ARTISTIC DESIGNS IN Here and There. URING the first week of their mar- riage she ran and kissed him here. But aftera month she adjusted herhair first and kissed him After two months she took time to glance at the evening papers before run- ning to kiss him here. At the end of a year she did not come with her kiss until he was away down here. Now she always takes time to finish the chapter and he usually finds her out there. here. Hallucinations. By CAROLYN WELLS. I THOUGHT I saw a pretty girl, A roguish, fair coquette; I looked again, and saw it was A silly suffragette! “Oh, go away!’’ I crossly said. **You’ll drive me crazy yet!’ I thought I saw within my grasp A good, experienced cook; I looked again, and saw it was Only a spectral spook. * Woe, woe is me!’’ I said. Once more am I mistook !’" “Alas! I thought I saw a pleasure boat, Or something nice like that; I looked again, and found it was A lady’s summer hat. I stepped beneath its spreading brim, And we had quite a chat. I thought I saw a victim fair, By villains tied and bound; I looked again, and found it was A ady, Paris gowned! “The country’s laws, ’ I said, ‘‘should not Allow euch things around!’’ Slip. Stella—‘‘ Did she sue him for breach of premise 2” Bella—‘* Yes; the poor fan spoke of a diamond and she said it was so sudden,”” ‘THE WOMAN who cheats at cards will bear watching at the remnant counter. AT THE GYMKHANA, GETTING VALUABLE EXPERIENCE POR MANAGING A BUSBAND. MILLINERY FOR UNCHAPERONED LADIES. Had Them Made to Order. IS mustache, it was long, And his lips, they were thick— So the poor man couldn’t find A cigar that would fit. Improperly Diagnosed. SN’T it rather sarcastic to speak of a young physician’s service as ‘‘prac- ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN. Justice. USTICE is represented as a woman because men are always flirting with her. If people got all the justice they de- serve there wouldn’t be any left. Sometimes justice doesn’t have her stales on straight. Justice may be blind, but she sees a lot more than she takes notice of. A man loves justice—for the other fellow. Justice is sexless though she wears petticoats in pictures. Though justice may be disfigured she is still in the ring. comicbooks.com