Judge, 1911-05-27 · page 7 of 24
Judge — May 27, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces of satire: **"An Acquired Taste"** mocks changing gender roles. The poem nostalgically contrasts "old-fashioned" women (modest, domestic, politically uninvolved) with modern women (driving cars, smoking, joining clubs, supporting suffrage). The joke's twist: the narrator claims to prefer modern women, though his lengthy complaints suggest otherwise. This reflects early 20th-century anxiety about women's independence. **"Proverbs Geographically Put"** is wordplay humor, creating puns by treating state abbreviations as homophones (Nashville = "count Tenn"; Arizona = "Ariz."). **The cartoon at top** shows a woman requesting chloroform before "the poor thing" enters "there alive"—likely depicting anxieties about women's suffrage or modern womanhood as something distressing requiring anesthesia. **"An Incendiary"** is a brief joke about legal definitions of theft versus arson when stolen cigars are smoked. The final line declares "Woman suffrage was once a dream. Now it is a nightmare"—expressing anti-suffrage sentiment, placing this page circa 1910s America.
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“OW, BRIDGET, I CAN'T BEAR TO SEE THB POOR THING PUT IN THERE ALIVE! An Acquired Taste. By CAROLYN WELLS REMEMBER, I remember The girls I used to like; They didn't run a motor car, They didn’t ride a bike, They didn’t play the gameof bridge Or rush to bargain sales, They didn’t go to problem plays Or read erotic tales. I remember, I remember The girls I used to woo; They didn’t wear their shirt waists then So very peekaboo, They didn’t bleach their pretty hair Or wear those hats like tubs, They didn’t have a night-key Or go to women’s clubs. I remember, I remember The girls that I have kissed, Not one a Christian Scientist, Not one a suffragist. They didn’t run a chafing dish Nor smoke a cigarette; They lived a quiet, simple life— Those girls are living yet! I remember, I remember The girls I used to see; I wouldn’t want to see them now, So out of date they'd be. I'd be an old back-number dub To like them nowadays; I much prefer the modern girl, With all her modern ways. “SPRING HAS COME. THE AVIATORS ARE PLYING NORTH.” JUST WAIT 4 MOMENT TILL I GET THE CHLOROFORM.” Proverbs Geographically Put. By WILLIAM J. BURTSCHER. HEN in Nashville, count Tenn. When in Atlanta, don’t get too Ga. New Orleans is nine points of the La, Where there’s a West Point there’s a Va. It’s an IIL wind that blows Chicago good. Ala. things come to him who waits in Mobile. It never rains but there's Ariz. in Phenix. The sins of Seattle will come out in the Wash. Wyo. why should the spirit of Chey- enne be proud? There’s but one Fla. between the Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean. An Incendiary. «¢7F A MAN steals your cigars he is guilty of theft.”” “Yes."" “But if he smokes them’’—— “Well?” ‘Should he be charged with arson?’ Woman suffrage was once a dream. Now it is a nightmare. comicbooks.com