Judge, 1912-01-27 · page 13 of 24
Judge — January 27, 1912 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This is a satirical mock-announcement lampooning the "New Woman" movement of the late 19th/early 20th century. The joke targets anxieties about women's education and independence. The cartoon depicts cats lounging on furniture—a visual pun on domestic idleness—while the text parodies a women's college curriculum that consists entirely of domestic skills: cooking, sewing, darning socks, and pleasing husbands. Each year advances from basic egg-cooking to "preparing three good meals a day." The satire's point: while women were genuinely demanding access to serious higher education, Judge ridicules the notion by suggesting a "college" teaching only traditional housework. The final section mocking how "bachelors" will queue for graduates reinforces that women's real "value" remains marriageability, not intellectual achievement. The closing "Irony of Fate" note appears unrelated—likely editorial filler about insurance deaths.
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A GAMBOL FOR EIGH STEAKS. Announcement of the New Woman's College. Prepared HE New College for Women; Mrs. Husbandkete An- nouncement of cours: principal. eshman Year~-How to cook eggs- . fried, How to cook dropped, seramblec potatoes and other vegeta bles. The art of repairing trousers and sewing on buttons. Goods to work on, in various stages of neglect, will be How to The $ prac provided. stew prune gentle movements of sweeping, with efficient results. wash the elusi ticed How to Sophomore Year—Breadmaking. A scientific study of this art will be sup- plemented with a thorough course in muflin, pie, cake, and other pastry manufactu: The mak- The elementary biscuit, roll, ing of tea and coffee. stages of sock darning. How to cook beefsteak. Soup—a science. Junior Year—How to roast a fowl, beef, mutton, veal, ete., and to serve in an appetizing manner. Further study in bread, tea, and coffee mak- extracts of hus- ing. Reading of from the diaries bands, showing effect of good bread, tea, and. coffee on the mind, as com- pared with poorly made compositions. How to darn me- socks, Little Effect of wrap- The baby— Vivid comparisons. dium-sized holes in thoughts about chops. pers on a husband's mind. a few remarks. Senior Year—How to prepare three good meals a day, with plenty of varie Perfection in tea, and coffee making. Extracts from the diaries of husbands, showing effect on the mind of three good m with those poorly prepared. Vivid com- parisons. Twenty-seven different v to serve onions, with similar detail on other foodstuffs, How to rebuild entire sock h Scientific lectures on baby, with mod bread, als a day, as compared s to work over. Mrs. Husbandketcher personally guar- antees that twice as many male eligibles will attend the first graduation as there or the Principal by WILLIAM SANFORD. In order to avoid a stampede for wives, the eligibles will are graduates. be bound to chairs and may be exam- Grad- uates with the best marks for the entire course wiil be allowed first selections, and so on down the list. ined before selections are made. Clergymen will be on hand in case any graduates wish to wed at once. Mrs. Husbandketcher personally guar- antees that eligibles will be docile in every way. Thousands of bachelors are now notifying the principal that they will remain single until the first gradua- tion, provided they may be allowed to attend and run a chance of being se- lected. It is expected that fully a hun- dred thousand names vy be received before the awarding of initial diplomas. Mrs. Husbandketcher assures intending pupils that only the cream of the coun- rligible bachelors will be favored with invitations to be present. The New College will render leap par unnecessary, Irony of Fate. It is rather paradoxical to read of a number of per- sons having been killed in a life-insurance building. comicbooks.com