Judge, 1913-05-10 · page 18 of 24
Judge — May 10, 1913 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** for hotels, tobacco, and a luggage company, typical of Judge magazine's revenue model. The only narrative content is "One More Question," a **humorous short story** (not a political cartoon) about a doctor's telephone consultation. The joke satirizes **early 20th-century telephone etiquette and women's chattiness**: Mrs. Chatterton calls Dr. Scraggs with legitimate medical questions about her son Robbie's fever treatment, but persistently interrupts with tangential gossip—discussing a neighbor's financial troubles, her neighbor's sick child, the miracle of telephones—while the doctor grows increasingly impatient with multiple patients waiting. The satire targets both **women's perceived tendency to overshare on the telephone** and the **disruptive nature of this new communication technology** in professional settings. The humor derives from the doctor's mounting frustration as Mrs. Chatterton adds "one more question" repeatedly, unable to stop talking despite obvious time constraints. The advertisements reflect leisure activities and travel destinations popular among Judge's affluent readership.
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