Judge, 1912-02-17 · page 6 of 24
Judge — February 17, 1912 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains four unrelated satirical humor pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"There's the Rub"** mocks the women's suffrage movement by suggesting anti-suffrage men oppose it only because educated, politically-informed wives would expose their ignorance—a dig at male ego rather than legitimate concerns. **"Wise Advice"** presents a child's irreverent quip about large families, joking that parents should call God's "bluff" on having more children—mild social commentary on family size. **"What's the Answer?"** offers absurdist riddles with no logical answers, pure nonsense humor. **"Pigeon English"** uses stereotypical dialect ("dem birds," "Whenevah") to present a crude racial joke about a Black child misinterpreting pigeons' cooing as insults. The humor relies on racist caricature and mock-dialect speech common to the era's "humor." **"Not a Hard Task"** is a simple pun about a woman leaving a room in an apartment—she couldn't remove the room itself. The page reflects period attitudes toward suffrage, family, and particularly reflects the casual racism endemic to early 20th-century American humor publications.
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There's the Rub. “ HY is it that you are so strongly opposed to extending to women the right to vote?"" “*My wife has become a suffragette.* “Well, what of it? Do you find that she neglects the children or that she isn't paying enough atten- tion to the business of run- ning the house “No, it’s not that. She's become so blamed well in- formed on public matters that I have to keep busy read- ing all the time in order to prevent her from finding out my ignorance concerning such things."* Wise Advice. “Say, ma," cried the lit tle boy who was being forced to rock the cradle, ‘tif the Lord tries to put any more of these babies across on us, you call His bluff!"* A WINTER RESORT. What's the Answer? Because a cook can change his pots, would you say he had anything on the leopard? , Just because a hen lays eggs in the daytime is no reason why it can't bea rooster at night. “1M SURE I SMELL RAGS BURNING.” Pigeon English. A suburbanite was greatly exasper ated when he saw a small colored boy throwing stones at his pigeons “Here, boy!" he cried. ‘What do you mean by that?" **Why don’t you teach dem birds mo’ politeness?" replied the boy “Ev'y time I goes pas’ de house, dem pigeons done call me names.” “‘What do they say?” the man asked, greatly aston- ished **Whenevah dey sees me,’ said the boy. ‘‘dey all says, *Look at de coon, look at de coon, look at de coon!" ’* Not a Hard Task. “She left the room ’* “I don't see why she didn’t take it with her, consider. ing that she could well enough, as it was a room in a flat."’ comicbooks.com