Judge, 1913-01-11 · page 12 of 24
Judge — January 11, 1913 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* contains multiple satirical pieces mocking contemporary society and language: **"More Nature-faking Animals"** ridicules absurd compound phrases (like "purple cow," "mock turtle," "social lions") that were fashionable slang or literary conceits of the era. The joke targets pretentious or nonsensical terminology. **"Ring Out, Wild Bells"** is a legal pun: a lawyer's wordplay about releasing his client "Joy" from confinement plays on the phrase "let joy be unconfined." **The remaining short pieces** satirize domestic life: a village poetess submitting indecently scanty poem, marriage dynamics (a self-made woman who literally "made herself a blonde"), marital financial disputes, and class anxieties ("married beneath him"). The cartoons and jokes collectively mock early 20th-century affectations, linguistic pretension, gender relations, and social climbing—typical *Judge* magazine fare targeting middle-class American foibles.
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More Nature-faking Animals. TH pusillanimous pup. The bear-cat. The hen party. The fond gazelle. The ‘‘chicken.’” The stage broiler. ‘The pony of brandy. The horse's neck. The golden buck. The end-seat hog. The purple cow. The vegetable oyster. The goose of the golden egg. The tailor’s goose. The mock duck. The mock turtle. The stool pigeon. Our goat we're afraid some one willget. The cat that was let out of the bag. The worm that turns. Butterflies of fashion. The wrong steer. The camel with the straw-broken spine. The official seal. The fly cop. The P. O. Elk. Undressed kids. Blind robins. Blind pigs. Blind tigers. Social lions. Striciland Gililan The Idea! Miss Miggs, the village poetess, made up a piece called ‘‘A Morning Thought.” When submitting it to The Boudoir, she wrote, ‘The idea for this poem came RING OUT, WILD BELLS Lawyer—"‘I have here a pardon from the governor for my client, John Joy.’* Warden—'" All right ; let Joy be unconfined." The wrong pig we often get by the ear. The whistling coon. The wild horses that couldn’t drag us such and such a place. The Rocky Mountain canary. The automobile jack. The switch frog. The land shark. The momentarily born sucker. Champ Clark's houn’ dawg. The Easter bunny. to me one morning while dressing.”” In returning the manuscript, the editor wrote Miss Miggs, ‘‘We trust the next idea for a poem will come to you fully dressed. The scant cov- ering of this one made us violently blush.”* Sound the Same. “Sand and sense—that is the win- ning pair!’’ “You mean sand and cents!’* CURIOSITY. “* Next time you come, General, won't you please bring your army? Tommy an’ me want to see it."* A Self-made Woman. SHE'S made for me!"’ cried Brother Tim, And Mae’s fair visage conned; And he was right, because for She'd made herself a blonde. Including a Vacuum Cleaner ? “You say it is impossible to get any money out of your husband. Have you gone about it in the right way?’’ “T've tried everything, except send him a Black Hand letter.’” A Pair of Don'ts To Draw To. Don’t doubt your beliefs. Don't believe your doubts. AN UPPERCUT. Little Smith, who, they say, married beneath him, comicbooks.com