Judge, 1913-05-31 · page 7 of 24
Judge — May 31, 1913 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several distinct satirical pieces: **"A Charmer"** - A poem mocking women in early motion pictures, depicting actresses as frivolous figures who marry repeatedly and flirt indiscriminately. The satire reflects early 20th-century moral anxiety about cinema and actresses' public personas. **"The Babes in the Flat"** and related vignettes - Brief humorous domestic scenes poking fun at middle-class life and marital dynamics. **"An Outrage"** (bottom illustration) - A political cartoon about voting. A woman complains she cannot change her vote despite a polling deadline still remaining. This likely satirizes early female suffrage debates or voting access restrictions—suggesting frustration with electoral procedures that prevented vote-changing. The overall page uses caricature and dialect humor (Irish accents in "The Better Way") typical of early-1900s American satirical magazines. The content reflects period attitudes toward women, class, and civic participation, with particular emphasis on mocking modern technology's (cinema, automobiles) cultural impact.
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A Charmer OF ALL attractive girls, there’s one I often see and many know. She lures in earnest mood or fun, In silk or lawn or calico. , Her spell to some unique may seem;:.. Of lovers she has hagw =o And on each fond one she would beam, As though but him she could adore. Her life stern moralists might ban, If idle rumor had its way; But her admirers never can Quite free themselves from her odd sway. I’ve seen her with a sailor ‘‘spoon,’’ And to a soldier’s love respond; In.daylight or beneath the moon, She’s ever of some fellow fond. She has been married many times, To king and peasant, prince and churl, And still may long for wedding chimes— This charming motion-picture girl. J. A, Waldron, Used to Such Whining The real-estate agent, tired and pee- 55 vish, arrived at his home in the suburbs. THE. BABES IN THE, FLAT “Oh, George," greeted his wife, ‘the oo dog has been whining all day long! What Assisting Nature Bankrupt ! do you suppose is the matter?” GTANDING with her husband in a “Everything she hadwent atauction.” “Why,” growled George, ‘‘the darn shaded alcove, the young wife gazed" ‘Public sale?” kicker probably wants his house pa- out over the pretty “‘No; bridge.” pered !’” stretch of landscape that presented itself to view. “Dearest,’’ she fesaid, “can you PY think of anything that might add to the attractiveness of our vista?"’ “T don’t know,’’ replied the husband; ‘‘but you might wash the windows.’’ Never Yet An automobile may beget A haughty smile, but never yet Has it been known to change the hue Of red blood into blood that’s blue. The Better Way “Casey?” “Yis, Moike.’’ “*S'posin’ I had fainted, and ye shtood beside me wid a pint av whiskey.”” ‘Tis not likely.” “But s’posin’ it happened.”” “Yig,"" “Would ye press the bottle to me lips?” “*T would not."” “Ye are a heartless man, Casey “Tam not that. I’d press the bottle to me own lips, and ye'd be on your fate AN OUTRAGE before I cud take the first shwalley.”” 's still half an hour before the polls close, and they won't let me change my vote.’"’ ys \ AN UERENE ERY we comicbooks.com