Judge, 1911-08-19 · page 8 of 24
Judge — August 19, 1911 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* magazine (1911) contains several satirical pieces mocking contemporary American life: **"The Psalm of Fashions"** ridicules women's fashion trends of 1911—specifically the elimination of curves, elongated waists, and hobble skirts that restricted movement. The satire criticizes how absurdly impractical and unflattering these designs were. **"Baseball Terms"** is wordplay connecting baseball slang to contemporary topics: "one-bagger" refers to Santa Claus (possibly mocking commercialism), "safe hit" jokes about burglars, and "base hit—'Sappho'" likely contains a reference unclear without additional context. **"The First Requisite"** is a brief joke about wives learning to swim because "she's a good kicker"—implying women's leg strength. **The large comic strip** titled "And They Blame Me for All This!" depicts various marital and domestic scenarios (marriages for money/title, desertion, infidelity, etc.), suggesting society blames women for relationship failures while ignoring men's responsibility. **"Bibliographics"** offers homespun observations about books and reading. The overall tone is characteristic of *Judge*'s satirical approach to gender relations and social hypocrisy.
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The Psalm of Fashions. (For Autumn, 1911.) ELL me not, oh, Fash- ion Number! ") That the new modes are a dream, For they seem night- mares that cum- ber Shapes that are not what they seem. Hips are gone in deadly earnest! Women still resemble poles! Not a single curve returnest 'Twixt their shoulders and their soles. Waists are long and skirts they're meet- ing Somewhere near the lowly pave; But no hobbled woman's fleeting — 'Twould but land her in the grave. Scores of puffs and rats remind us We can make our heads sublime, By attaching them behind us And eradicating time. Let us, then, be up and doing, Pulling in and puffing out; Still achieving, still pursuing Every mode that comes about. DEMENTIA AMERICANA? Baseball Terms. ONE-BAGGER—Santa Claus. A long fly—In an aeroplane from Maine to Florida. A safe hit—The one rifled by burglars. A equeeze—The Hugger.” Knocked out of the box—Dice. A base hit—"Sappho."” =r. p. preer The First Requisite. ¢sPRROWN essays he thinks his wife could easily learn to swim.” “Why?” “Because she’s a good kicker.”” Bibliographics. LIBRARY book has many masters. A book to read is a friend indeed, It’s an ill book that does nobody goad. A book in print is worth a thousand in manuscript. It’s a rare author who believes all he writes. Book worms, like grub worms, live among the roots. Worthy books, like worthy men, often have plain exteriors. Book larnin’ is dang’rous when tuk in homeypathic doses. An old book with uncut leaves is the coffin of some man’s hope. The book, the book’s the thing With which to spend a morning in the swing! Lida Kuck Wisin: In a Poker Game. De Style—‘‘I attended the coronation and it cost me just five hundred dollars to see the king.”” Gunbusta—*Huh! last night it cost me only half of that to see three kings."” DESERTED Cupid —" AND THEY BLAME HOME FROM THE cis td MOTHER-IN® Law. POR ALL THIS !” comicbooks.com