Judge, 1911-06-17 · page 9 of 26
Judge — June 17, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains several satirical pieces mocking British court ceremonialism and social conventions. The top cartoon ridicules the elaborate titles given to minor royal household positions—"Lord Chief Bearer of the King's Pajamas," "Head Guardian of the Royal Whiskers Comb"—mocking the British monarchy's hierarchical pomp and the courtiers' squabbling over prestige and rank. The remaining content comprises short humorous pieces on varied topics: a man entangled in a hot air balloon, contrasting perspectives of travelers versus homebodies, baseball players' wives' sewing burdens, Philippine colonial politics, and women's arithmetic abilities. The "Fashion Proverbs" section satirizes women's spending habits and fashion obsession. These pieces target common satirical targets of the era: British formality, gender stereotypes (particularly women's materialism and mathematical incompetence), and contemporary colonial politics. The humor relies on exaggeration and wordplay typical of early-20th-century American humor magazines.
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THEY QUARREL AMONG THEMSELVES FOR PLACES THEREIN. The Head Guardian of the Royal Whiskers ‘Comb aed Brush. The Lord Chief Beater of His Majesty's Tooth- brush. Rising To Remark. “y WAS not expecting the balloon to go up at that moment,”’ explained the man who had become entangled in the ropes, after they had caught him in anet. ‘In fact,’’ he added, ‘‘it was all so sudden I was taken completely off my feet.” Two Views. By S$. EB. KISER. The Stay at Home. "D LIKE to have a chance to roam Through many lands that lie afar, But I must ever stay at home Where many trying duties are. The Traveling Man. I wish that I might ever stay Where all my friends and loved ones are, But I must always fare away From home and all its sweetness far. Looks That Way. “THE Dutch have seized one of the Philippine Islands and our govern- ‘The Lord Chief Bearer of the Golden Nozzle of the Buckiagham Garden Hose. Hard on the Clothes. “[™ GLAD you're not a baseball player!”* ‘*Why not, my dear?’’ “‘From the way they slide and throw themselves about, it seems to me that their poor wives must be forever sewing buttons on their trousers.’’ of His Majesty's Button. ment is not even going to compel them graces. to relinquish it! What do you think of that?” “I think our government has got it in for the Dutch, but I don’t know what for.” ~ CONFORMOTER WANTED. “* T want a new hat." “Yes, sir; what size ?”” “Ob, ‘most any size between three and eight."” ‘The Lord High Bear er of the King’s P: jamas (lows The Lord High Bearer of the King's Pajamas (upper). Fashion Proverbs. A ROLLING fashion gathers no ward- rol be. When fashion enters the door, bills fly in at the window. A woman is known by the length of time she keeps a fashion. Styles and sales wait for no woman. Arithmetical Progression. OMEN are known to be skilled in figures—that is to'say, arithmet~- ical figures. The mother was teaching her small son his first lesson in subtrac- tion, having got him past addition with a fair degree of success. “You see, Willie,’’ she said, ‘‘you can’t subtract things of different kinds from each other—apples from potatoes, for instance." “Sister Mary can,’’ Willie asserted, with masculine confidence in figures. “Oh, no, she can’t!’” : “Yes, but she can, mamma,’’ Willie insisted. ‘She took one egg from my plate this morning at breakfast, and I had the plate left.”” I DOCTORS would give more fun with their medicine, they would have less fun poked at them. comicbooks.com