Judge, 1911-09-23 · page 15 of 26
Judge — September 23, 1911 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces of satire: 1. **"A Magazine Opportunity"** mocks American fashion editors for lacking originality compared to Paris. The author sarcastically suggests Americans should develop dog fashions instead, pointedly noting Americans "never forget the purse"—implying American materialism and consumerism as a national trait worthy of mockery. 2. **"Called the Wrong Man"** is a brief comic about a man obsessed with automobiles. His wife calls a doctor, but the doctor correctly identifies that her husband needs a mechanic, not medical care—satirizing the era's automobile mania consuming men's attention. 3. **"At a Convention of Suffragettes' Husbands"** uses alliteration to mock husbands at a women's suffrage event. The descriptions ("Timid Tallow-faces," "Trapped Townsmen Tremendously Tired") ridicule these men as emasculated, bored, or reluctant attendees—reflecting anti-suffrage attitudes prevalent in the era. The page reflects early 20th-century anxieties: consumer culture, automotive obsession, and resistance to women's political advancement.
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PUZZLE PICTURE. 10.15 v. M. at the theater. A Magazine Opportunity. By ELLIS 0, JONES HAT is the matter with the fashion editors in America? Why do they not become leaders in- stead of followers? There has, to be sure, been some little effort to establish American fashions for men, women, and children, but meanwhile the Parisians have gone right on mapping out new fields. Consider the following item from Paris: Their hats will be turned up in front and trimmed with ribbons or tiny pompon roses; they will be made of colored straw and bordered with a bias of white satin. They will wear light brown boots, with ribbons of the same shade, Above their boots are pretty bracelets ornamented with precious stones. When motoring they will be protected by ‘a little gray dust cloak and hand- some goggles bordered with chamois leather. Our indignation does not arise from the fact as about themselves. But let us not for- get our democratic traditions. ‘‘America for Americans and American fashions for American dogs.’’ That should be our motto. Just for instance, if an American had written the above, he would have de- scribed the kind of purse the dogs will carry. Americans never forget the purse. There ought to be a good field in this country for a Dogs’ Home Journal. that the above costume is intended for pet dogs. There is no reason at all why people shouldn’t be as abcurd about their dogs tals, repair man." Wife—"' Hear hima, doctor CALLED THE WRONG MAN. Find the commuters, He raves by the hour about spark-plugs. differen- boxes, carbureters, and timers. Can't you do something for him ?"" geai Doctor— ‘ Madam, you should not have called me. What he needs is an auto Ata Convention of Suffragettes’ Husbands. ONE Odd-looking, Oily-haired Object Obsessed by the Occult. Two Timid Tallow-faces Taking in the Tomfoolery. Three Throaty Thespians Thinking Thrilling Thoughts. Four Fat Fops Fashions. Five Flighty Fellows Flippantly Flirt- ing Six Scientific Scholars Scowling Se- verely. Seven Solemn Saints Sedately Snoring. Eight Eminent Elders Earnestly Expressive. Nine Nodding Noodles Nonchalantly Napping. Ten Tamed Tyrants Timorous and Tactful. Eleven Elegant Effemi- nates Enjoying the Enter- tainment. Twelve Trapped Towns- men Tremendously Tired. —Carelyn Wealth Flaunting Fearful Proof Positive. Marjory—‘‘Did Mrs. Waysome see what tiny feet you had?”’ Agnes — ‘Evidently not, or she wouldn’t have stepped on them.”’ comicbooks.com