Judge, 1912-11-09 · page 16 of 24
Judge — November 9, 1912 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page features satirical commentary on women's rights and suffrage by Ida Husted Harper. The column mocks anti-suffrage arguments through ironic "snapshots" of contemporary absurdities: A Kansas judge rules wives may lie to husbands (husbands already knew this). Reno's "divorce colony" scandal reflects loose Nevada laws, not moral decay. A cardinal demands women in tight skirts do penance standing—defeating the purpose. Male fashion editors debate whether American women should wear American or French styles, while bakers' associations argue women shouldn't vote because they'd abandon homemaking and baking. The satire exposes the hypocrisy: society simultaneously complains women neglect domestic duties while opposing their political participation. The column suggests these concerns are pretexts masking resistance to female autonomy and equality. The left page features a Santa Fe train advertisement—standard magazine filler unrelated to the suffrage commentary.
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The Modern Woman, Suffrage Snapshots. By IDA HUSTED HARPER, A KANSAS CITY judge has rule that under certain circumstances wives may lie to their husbands. The |i latter never waited for any judicig [anti decision on the question. They say that such a crop of eelfi never has been known. It's always like that during the season of candidates, It is said that in England whiskers are again to be the style. One thing is certain—if they become the fashion in}. this country, our women will set their faces against them! a Judges in Reno are shocked at the lax morals of the divorce colony and declare that something must be done to stop the scandal to the State. They migit try changing the scandalous divorce lav of Nevada. The new invention of making rubber tires out of a substance extracted from whiskey suggests that it would be a excellent thing on most of the “joy rides if the whiskey was in the tires ip |; stead of the automobile. A cardinal in Venice denounced the tight skirts women are wearing and ordered them to do penance. They hastened to church the next day for the purpose, but were obliged to per form their devotions standing! It is said that ‘‘women during th coming season will dress to look like goddesses."’ In that case, we must insist that they stick to their pedestals and keep off the street. The publie really cannot stand any more! to her youre mk on Wfunder nest Oo Say eer? WJ. Black. 1092. Railway Exchange, aon . : The male editors of the two leading Glifornia jimitedty Vv, _Exclusively for ‘for first class travel—The year ‘round Resourceful Ed'tor.—‘‘The late General Booth,” said a Salvation Army official, of New York, ‘‘often used to urge the ‘down-and-outer’ to cultivate the qual- ity of resourcefulness. “He would illustrate this quality by means of a resourceful Western editor, who found, one night, that he had neither advertisements nor copy for his third page. The page accordingly ap- peared blank, with a note in small type at the top: “This space will be useful for the children to write upon.’ ''— Washington Star. A Ripple from Scanty Creek. — Miss Laura Gaston Young, the belle of Scanty Creek, dropped in on ye correspondent last Saturday and left us a mess of arti- chokes, a persimmon-fed "possum and enough red peppers and ‘‘sweet ’taters’” to ‘‘season’’ and ‘‘trim'’ the varmint. Call again, Wingless Seraph!—Mem- phis News-Scimitar. Optimism is Worry on a spree. fashion magazines are using columns of space in argument whether the womet of this country shall adopt American ot French styles. The National Associa tion of Master Bakers, at their recent convention, adopted a resolution in faver of woman suffrage, giving as a reasoo that if women go into politics they won’t have time to stay at home and bake bread. It is really outrageous the way women are crowding into the field of labor that belongs to men! } The chivalry of medieval times was of poor quality compared with the brand they have in Kansas. A man out there was too chivalrous to stand as candidate for an office when he found his opponent In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com