Judge, 1912-11-30 · page 6 of 26
Judge — November 30, 1912 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American magazines. The main cartoons mock social pretensions and gender dynamics of the era: **"The Kiss at the Gate"** plays on Victorian courtship rituals—a woman mentions being kissed by her suitor, then reveals he repeated it, suggesting either his forwardness or her deafness to social propriety. **"Pleasure or Exercise"** depicts a working-class scene where a young woman must choose between an affordable soda or a car ride home—likely satirizing new consumer choices available to working women. **"The Need of the Hour"** mocks suffragettes by suggesting educated, "advanced" women prioritize marriage proposals over voting rights—reflecting anti-feminist attitudes of the period. Other pieces joke about labor disputes ("fighting parson"), modern warfare ("Kings...went to war in an automobile"), and Franco-American relations ("Paris spending money on beauty"). The overall tone reflects Judge's conservative, often dismissive humor toward progressive causes and social change.
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Be a Helper. HEN your neighbor treats you coolly, smile upon him happily; and if he is not a fool, he ought to laugh another day. Lend him anything he asks for—money, tools or clothes or food—and assist him in his tasks and volunteer to saw his wood. If a woman has a figure like a bunch of celery, compliment her on her rig or make yourself a devotee. Give your time to every drummer, agént, idler, fool or bore; drink with drinker, mumm with mummer, and do everybody's chore. Treat each person you encounter just as though it was a joy to advise, give some amount or any labor to employ. Help them all—in every station—just do everything you can. You will get a reputation, and you'll be a busy man. Both Sides. Crawford—‘To do a thing well, you know, you must do it yourself.’” Crabshaw—‘'But you miss the fun of seeing the other fellow work.” The Kiss at the Gate. “‘He kissed me at the gate,’’ she, In speaking of her lover. “I never told of it, but he Repeated it twice over." J. A. Waldron, said SHE WAS DEAP TO BIS SUIT. PLEASURE OR EXERCISE. ‘* Which would you rather do, Katie; have another soda, or take a car home?"” The Reason. “‘Why uo they call him ‘the fight- ing parson’?"’ “Because he has to fight his pa- rishioners to get his salary.’’ Where Safety Lies. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained,"’ Is a motto that has cost. The safest way to put it is— *‘Nothing ventured, nothing lost!’" Method. Knicker—‘‘ How did he develop his football muscle?’’ Bocker —‘*Kicking radiators to make the janitor give heat.’” Another Cause. “Ah! So the Hon. Thomas Rott lives next door to you? And does, as the old saying put it, familiarity breed con- tempt, in this instance?”’ “That wasn’t what started it,’’ replied the pessimistic citizen ad- dressed. “Say, pa?” ‘What is it?” “Does a man have to 7 belong to the union in order to labor under a delusion?"” The Need of the Hour. The maid at progress does not wink, Nor does she ever stupid seem; She is advanced, but does not think The suffrage question is supreme. To other things her thoughts do flow— The leading question, sayeth she, Is one she looks for from her beau, And that is, ‘‘Will you marry me?” Nathan M. Levy. Modern. Wiseman —‘‘Modernity rules. I see one of the Kings engaged against the Turks went to the war in an automobile.’* Tronicus—‘'Yes. Yet to get re- sults all he had to do was to touch the high speed and shut his eyes.’’ Time's Ravages. Wiseman—‘‘I see Paris is going to spend $50,000,000 to make herself more beautiful.’’ Tronicus—‘‘Quite a sum for paint, cosmetics and the like; but old beau- ties have to use them.” Imitative. Canada’s adoption of Thanksgiving Day is a reminder that the Dominion is an esteemed neighbor that might well imitate this country in some other things. comicbooks.com