Judge, 1912-01-06 · page 20 of 24
Judge — January 6, 1912 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains several satirical pieces targeting early 20th-century social attitudes: **"Her Report"** mocks suffragists and male supporters. A man attends a suffrage meeting but admits he's converted not by the speaker's arguments about voting rights, but by her physical appearance—her dimple, dress, and "Parisian creation." The satire suggests male suffrage supporters were motivated by attraction rather than principle, undermining the movement's credibility. **"A Catch"** presents a con artist exploiting women's gullibility. The young man uses a shell-counting trick to win money from three naive girls, successfully repeating the scam on six other victims. The humor targets women as easily duped. Both pieces reflect common *Judge* editorial positions: skepticism toward women's political engagement and reinforcement of stereotypes portraying women as intellectually inferior, vain, and foolish—common anti-suffrage propaganda of the era. The advertisements for luxury hotels and resorts occupy the remaining space.
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/; _L OVER. MERIG S / Che Most Popular Water Her Report. I have been to a suffragist meeting And heard Mrs, Solomon speak. She's a perfect delight, And I know that she’s right; Every word that she said bears repeat- There’s a dimple just here in her | cheek. She is slender and fair and quite pretty, And not over thirty, I guess, With a retrousse nose And a wonderful pose. Iam going to join her committee— She is surely an artist in dress. The crowd? There was standing room only. They gave her unstinted applause; She made quite a hit With her logic and wit. Th» only man there looked so lonely! Yes, I’m a convert to the cause. She wore a Parisian creation. She said? I've forgotten all that. But I'm sure it was true And the ballot’s our due; Its denial’s a real deprivation—-- She wore such a love of a hat! —Chicago Daily News. HOUSE NEW YORK C/TY Offers, at moderate rates, substantial comforts with the elegance, luxury and entertainment demanded by connoisseurs as the best in Hotel-life. Holland House, Fifth Ave. and 30th St. THE MOST MAGNIFICENT WINTER RESORT HOTEL Situated in the most picturesque middle-south Accessible from New York via Railroad and Steamship Lines, Opens January 12th 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE. MILES OF AUTOMOBILE ROADS, tm answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. Indoor Recreations Unexcelled Cuisine and Service It will be appreciated. A Catch. Three girls in white sat under a striped awning on a sun-drenched beach. A young man approached and said, dis- playing three shells in the palm of his hand, “Girls, how many shells do you see?” “Three,’” was the rep! “I say there are four,” said the young man. He shut his hand and opened it again. ‘Now how many are there?’ ‘‘Three,’’ the girls repeated stoutly, “Three.’" “IT say four,’’ he declared.” ‘Will you each give a dollar to the Children’s Country Week if I'm wrong?"’ “Yes,” they agreed. “Then give it,”’ said the young man; “‘for wrong I am—there are only three, I've caught si: ‘sons with this dodge this morning.’’—New York Tribune. The Harder Task. Senator Root, at a luncheon at the Washington Country Club, said of war, ‘Our arbitration treaties come none too soon, The world is getting tired of war. This fact was well brought home to me the other day by the remark of an English diplomat. ‘*He said that at the end of the Boer war two Unionists were wrangling ata dinner. “*I,’ said the first Unionist, a lieu- tenant of volunteers, ‘I went to the war and defended my country “**Pshaw! what of that?’ the other retorted. ‘I stayed in my country and defended the war.'’’—Red Hen. Such Men Are Dangerous.—‘‘I don’t like the looks of that juror with the big ears and the long, pointed chin," the defendant in the case whispered to his lawyer. “He has an ugly mug,’ yer; ‘‘that’s a fact.’” “It isn’t altogether his looks, though,’’ confided the client. ‘‘He's paying too blamed close attention to the testimony.’’—Chicago Tribune. said the law- Going Over the Books.—‘‘This item in your campaign expense account mystifies me,"’ said the auditor. ‘‘I don’t under- stand what you mean by ‘raw ma- terial.’ "" “That’s an error on the part of the stenographer,”’ replied Senator Sor- ghum. ‘‘It should read, ‘hurrah ma- terial.’ '’— Washington Star. Important.—Mrs. De Style—'*Marie, I shall take one of the children to church with me.”” Maid—*Yes'm."’ Mrs. De Style—*Which one will go best with my new purple gown?"’--Bos- ton Transcript. From Bucket to Brush.—She (in art museum)—‘‘They say that famous marine artist was once a plain farmer's boy. I wonder where he developed his talent?” He—‘‘Probably drawing water on the farm.’’—Boston Transcript. Murine—Through its Tonic effect, Stim- plates Healthy Circulation in the Blood ‘upply Nourishing the Eye and thus Promotes Eye Health, comicbooks.com