Judge, 1911-09-02 · page 20 of 24
Judge — September 2, 1911 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* (a major American satirical weekly) combines advertisements with humor columns typical of early 20th-century social satire. **The cartoons/humor:** - **"The First Hobble"** shows a baby in constrictive clothing—likely mocking the "hobble skirt" fashion trend that severely restricted women's movement - **Bottom cartoon** depicts children at a seaside, with one girl boasting about her doctor-father's status. A working-class girl retorts that without measles epidemics affecting everyone equally, the doctor's daughter wouldn't exist—satirizing class pretension and the randomness of social hierarchy **The "Pointed Paragraphs"** are cynical one-liners mocking: - Political corruption ("ill political wind" profits officeholders) - Social hypocrisy (reformers rarely hold office) - Marriage and human nature **Advertisements** promote High Life Beer (Miller, Milwaukee) and Dunlap Hats, typical of the era's luxury goods marketed to middle-class readers. The overall tone reflects *Judge*'s satirical focus on American social conventions, class dynamics, and contemporary fashion absurdities.
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= HiGH LiFe coe BE ER OF Botrieo By Mitver a1 Mitwaukee “Ornatus et Bonitas” For Fall and Winter NOW ON SALE 178-180 Fifth Ave. 181 Broadway Philadelphia Chicago The Wellington 914 Chestnut St, AccreditedAgencies In all Principal Cities of the World NOW IF HE ONLY HAD A,BOX OF ABSOLUTELY THE PUREST AND BEST CANDIES Pointed Paragraphs. Luckily, every silver lining hasn’t a cloud. The nature of an oath human nature. It’s-all right to break your word by using a hyphen. Follow your inclinations when they are headed the right way. A political reformer is seldom an officeholder. Pay a man to be good and he won't earn his salary. ‘4 It costs more to feed a vice than it does to feed a family. Nothing improves a girl's complexion like inheriting a fortune. It’s an ill political wind that doesn't blow some one into a fat job. When the lion and the lamb lie down together the lamb isn’t visible. Beware of girls with dreamy eyes, young men; they may be wide awake. ‘A man never realizes how unimportant he is until he attends his own wedding. —Chicago News. is mostly Why She Hurried.—‘‘Could you wait on me before the others?’’ asked the woman in the drug store. “I amina great hurry.’’ The drug clerk complied and filled her prescription immediately. “Thank you, so much,’ she said. ‘I am afraid that Fido will awake before I return and miss me.""—Buffalo Express. | The Latest. The linen manufacturers Are now in line, Or so one magazine avers, For a combine. And I, on reading of this move, Suppose I must Prepare to wear the collar of A linen trust. —Salt Lake Herald-Republican. THE FIRST HOBBLE. Sufficient Proof.—Lady—‘‘And you guarantee that the parrot talks quite a lot?” Dealer—‘‘Rather. His last mistress sold him because she couldn't get a word in edgeways.’’—Fliegende Blaetter. Unstable Equilibrium.—‘‘What caused Plunjer’s downfall?”’ “He lost his balance.’’ “His balance?” “Yes—at the bank !’'—Chicago Trib- une, Beats the Dutch.— D’Auber—‘‘Your daughter paints in the Dutch school, does she not?’’ Mrs. Newrich—‘Not much, she don't! We pay fifty dollars a quarter to give her private lessons at home. Dutch school, indeed !""— Philadelphia Record. Mary Jones (tO THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER)—" YOU NEEDN'T BE SO STUCK UP, IP YOU ARE GO- ING TO THE SEASIDE. IP ALL OP US HADN'T HAD THE MEASLES, P’RAPS YOU'D HAVE HAD TO e | STAY AT HOME !"—London Opinion. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. | | | (N THE WORLD comicbooks.com