Judge, 1911-11-04 · page 12 of 24
Judge — November 4, 1911 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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The title strip depicts women preparing to vote, shown primping at mirrors and obsessing over appearance—suggesting women voters are vain and superficial rather than serious about civic duty. This mocks women's suffrage advocates. The accompanying humor pieces reinforce stereotypes: women are gossips ("recording angel has to begin writing in shorthand"), materialistic, and frivolous. One joke contrasts a man's matter-of-fact crowd estimate with how a woman would describe it—implying women exaggerate and are less rational. The "Minervaisques" column offers sardonic observations about social behavior, treating human nature cynically. Overall, this page uses cartoons and comic vignettes to ridicule the notion of women voters as incapable of serious political judgment, positioning them as concerned only with fashion, gossip, and vanity. The satire opposes women's suffrage by caricaturing women as unfit for voting responsibilities.
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WHEN WOMEN VOTE. oe a The Light in the Window. HERE’S a light in the win- dow for me; I see it far over the moor. It shines through the darkness to lead My wandering steps to the door. There's a light in the window for me, As the long, long night hours pass; It gleams like a beacon, full blaze, And I have to pay for the RAS. — William J. Lampton A Multitude. ‘HEN he came home from attending a celebration he started in to tell his wife all about it. ‘Was there a big crowd?"”’ she asked. “Was there?’’ he echoed. “Why, it was just such a crowd as a woman with a baby carriage would push into!"? What He Was. Knicker—'‘Is he a chip of the old block ?”” Bocker—He is a red chip of the old pile.” —s TONEY TSHINGTES LEFT TOP EN two women get together for an afternoon chat, the recording angel has to begin writing in shorthand. SIZING IT UP. * MERCY!! HELPH Reasonable. seals story is very shock- ing!’? she said. “It’s really the worst I have seen. But I ought to expect shock- ing stories From a current magazine.’’ Minervaisques. EAUTY may be only skin deep, but homeliness goes clear to the bone. A soldier without a uniform soon loses his popularity with the ladies. “Good fellows’? have bad habits. Children are always “large for theirage,”’ except onstreet cars and trains. People who live in open- work houses shouldn’t play the piano. There's no place like home, but the hotels and apartment houses are doing the very best they can. Let “Judge” Be the Judge. HIS poem is brief; I sell it with pleasure. ** Don’t think much o' this wine. D’ you, John?" Perhaps I’m dishonest “Itain't so bad. If it was any better there mightn’t be so much left."” In giving short measure. comicbooks.com