Judge, 1913-04-12 · page 16 of 24
Judge — April 12, 1913 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects satirical cartoons and jokes from European magazines (Paris, London, Munich, Madrid), presenting them to American readers. Key themes include: **Social commentary**: "The English Obsession" mocks suffragettes (women's voting rights activists), portraying a husband dismissing his wife's political activism. This reflects anti-suffrage sentiment of the era. **Everyday absurdities**: Several jokes play on modern inconveniences—a theater-goer's forgotten taxi fare, a hit-and-run victim who encounters the driver again. **Gender dynamics**: "Love's Beginning" jokes about female logic; "The Ready Answer" depicts a husband keeping "business secrets" from dictation, implying marital deception or infidelity. **Physical comedy**: Cartoons feature slapstick and visual gags (the lion escape, dogs attacking). The page demonstrates how Judge presented "continental" European humor as exotic entertainment for American audiences, while the suffragette cartoon reveals the publication's conservative political stance.
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The English Obsession. Husband (to suffragette wife)—Some more of your work, I suppose !—Bystander «London). And Then This! Horrible position of Jones, who, after witnessing the worst play he has ever seen, comes out a little before the finish and discovers his taxi, for which he had forgotten to pay, awaiting him.—Punch (London). He—Darling, when did you first find out you loved me? She—When I got annoyed because my friend called you an idiot!—Die Muskete (Munich). A Plea for Charity. =ZEt vous ! qu’etes-vous, a —"Mol, ma brave dame, je “‘And you? What blind, paralytic?’” “I, my dear lady, am an orphan.’’— Le Sourire (Paris). you? Are you A Short Memory. ne Yale gonozee & usted; pero no recuerdo dénde lo “Debajo de eu automéril, cuando me atropellé usted el domingo de Pascua.” “I seem to know you, but don’t re- member just where I have seen you."" “Under your automobile, when you ran over me on Easter Sunday.”’—Blanco y Negro (Madrid). A Terrifying Shot. —Fliegende Blaetter (Munich). The Rivals. Lady—Green apples! ples! Gentleman — Gripes! Sketch (London). Nice green ap- Fine gripes!— The Ready Answer. \efe—Das nennst du diktieren? Gebirt Jas sind die Geschiiftereheimnisse you call that dictating? Does that belong to it, too? Husband—Certainly. These are the business secrets.—Meggendorfer Blaetter (Munich). Une lionne échappée (au théatre de Belleville)—Jol suceés, mais pas de rappels, F An escaped lioness (at the Belleville Theater)—Great success, but no encoref. —Le Rire (Paris). comicbooks.com