Judge, 1911-07-08 · page 10 of 24
Judge — July 8, 1911 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two satirical pieces targeting American leisure and social pretension: **"A Dubious Compliment"** (left): A brief joke mocking new parenthood. Dobey shows off his baby, asking if it resembles him. His friend Slithers tactfully dodges, suggesting the child looks "queer" rather than admitting it resembles its father—implying the baby is unattractive. **"Some Summer-resort Advice"** (center/right): William J. Lampton's essay satirizes wealthy Americans on vacation. The satire is deadpan: he advises readers to ostentatiously display jewelry and clothing, frequent expensive establishments, change outfits constantly, and generally overspend—all to impress strangers who don't know them. The joke is that this behavior leads to financial ruin, yet people pursue it anyway because they care more about appearances than sense. **"The Gentleman Farmer"** (bottom): A brief caption joke about a farmer who skipped a dance because he forgot to feed the pigs—suggesting rural practicality trumps social entertainment. The page mocks American class anxiety and conspicuous consumption during the Gilded Age leisure culture.
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“ SWEET GIRL GRADUATE.” A Dubious Compliment. DoeBey was showing off his baby. “Think he looks like me, Slith- ers?’’ he asked. “‘Well—no,’’ said Slithers, looking at the youngster critically “He's a queer- looking little cuss, but I shouldn't go so far as to say that he looks like you.” Some Summer-resort Advice. By WILLIAM J. LAMPTON. HIS is the season whén-a great num- ber of persons of both sexes, all ages, and various conditions take their innings at outings by going to the sea- side, the mountainside, the riverside, the lakeside, the hillside, the valleyside, the farmside, and all outside besides where the prices are not prohibitive, and a few words of advice may be handed out with advantage to all concerned. For example, make as loud display of your ‘‘glad rags,’’ your jewelry, and your money as anybody else does, and more if necessary. You've got the goods for exhibition, and why not show them? Heaven only knows what debts you owe for them and what skimping you will have to undergo when you get home again, but don’t cross the river till you come to it. You are out for an outing and why not make it a scream? Go to the most expensive places and dress seven times a day, not counting the evenings. You don’t have a chance to mingle with wealth and fashion at home, and why shouldn't you push in when you are where you are not known except by your show-down? You can't stay as long as at a cheaper place and you will be dead- er broke after it is over than if you weve sane about it; but nobody that is any- body wants to be sane for twelve months in the year, handrun- ning. There are a few thousand other harm- less little things you can do when away from home for the summer, but th need not.be men- tioned at this time. If you follow the di- rections given above, the others will come your way soon enough. Itisadem- onstrated fact that what one person at a summer resort does THE GENTLEMAN FARMER. ** Hello, Billy, thought you were off to the'dance."” “| was; but suddenly remembered. the. pigs had not been fed."* not know, somebody else nows, and pretty A fish-eye's showing how snapped his quick everybody knows; and if you can’t have the time of your life thinking that nobody knows, you'd better stay at home and read the daily newspapers. “ HAT kind of a figure has she got?” “Physically, poor; financially, fine.’’ comicbooks.com