Judge, 1911-06-24 · page 5 of 25
Judge — June 24, 1911 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes women's suffrage and female voters through multiple pieces: **"The Same Old Story"** mockingly presents arguments against women voting—that women are naturally indecisive, emotionally driven, and unsuited for political participation. **"Ambitious"** depicts a working-class woman (cook and delivery man's wife) wanting her wedding announced in a newspaper to gain social status, satirizing women's supposed vanity and social climbing. **"Three Kinds of Men"** is a sardonic poem about male relationship types. **The photograph** captioned "When Women Vote—Trying to Make Up Her Mind" shows a woman at a polling place, visually reinforcing the satirical message that women voters are confused and indecisive. The entire page mocks women's suffrage by portraying female voters as intellectually unfit, vain, and incapable of rational political decision-making—reflecting anti-suffrage propaganda common in early 20th-century America.
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The Same Old Story. By CAROLYN WELLS, Rc \OMEHOW it has familiar <— ring, This suffrage lady's no- ble speech; Are there no phrases still unused, If one would lecture, plead or preach? “* Put these vain fallacies behind,’’ “* Strive to attain your rightful place,’’ NCLE SAM can't have a coronation —his is a different sort of a nation. aims, “Go forth as equals in the race. “* Remember each must stand alone,"’ ** Cling not to man’s uncertain prop.’’ Woman is just as great as man,”” “* His brutal tyranny must stop."’ Oh, sisters, if you must keep up This hopeless cause, this losing fight, At least use some new arguments, Discard these platitudes so trite. OME people are too confounded lazy to get up in the world. Ambitious. HY, Lizzie,’ says the mistress, “it is nonsense for you and Henry to elope! You can be married sensibly and quietly and go to house- keeping. Your parents do not object to him, do they?’’ “No, mum. But we want the papers to write up our wedding, and him being a delivery man and me being a cook they won't unless we elope. Then the Even- ing Wildeye will print my picture and a headline saying, ‘Prominent Society Girl Elopes with Grocer’s Clerk.’ ’’ Three Kinds of Men. TRE Has-been is a sorry sort, The Never-was is worse; A But, say, The Never-will-be is the kind That totes the primal curse. A BANK to be avoided—mountebank. WHEN WOMEN VOTE—TRYING TO MAKE UP HER MIND. comicbooks.com