Judge, 1913-08-02 · page 9 of 24
Judge — August 2, 1913 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This is a collection of brief joke vignettes typical of early-20th-century American humor magazines. The page satirizes social pretension and marital dynamics: **Top cartoon**: Mocks etiquette obsession—a woman criticizes a man's soup-eating technique while traveling by train, the implication being her own manners are equally questionable. **Individual jokes** target: - **Inexperienced speakers** seeking validation ("recall it right now") - **Excessive fastidiousness** (a man won't drink brandy without proper riding clothes) - **Miserliness** (wealthy but won't buy matches) - **Sarcasm in lending** (a man's cutting remark about unpaid debts) - **Women's indecision** (though Mrs. Dubbs delivers a witty comeback) **Bottom illustration**: Shows a mountain bungalow that appears grotesquely distorted—captioned as how it looked to the husband during his mother-in-law's visit, humorously exaggerating domestic stress. **Final joke**: Observes women's fashion (tighter skirts), treating it as a social phenomenon worth commentary. The humor relies on recognizable social types and domestic annoyances of the era.
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HEARD ABOVE THE ROAR OF THE TRAIN Henrietta—Isn’t it shocking the way that man eats his soup! Experienced Advice HE YOUNG orator had made the ef- fort of his life and was as chesty over it as a pouter pigeon. “Well, colonel,’’ said he, as he stepped down from the platform, ‘‘how about it? Isn't that the kind of speech that will be recalled a hundred years from now?” “TI don’t know about a hundred years from now, Dubbleigh,”’ replied the oldman; ‘‘butif I were you, I'd hus- tle around to the newspaper offices and recall it right now!’’ A Careful Dresser “Hinkleigh is terribly finnicky about his clothes, isn’t he?’ said Binks. “He sure is!’ returned Winkle- top. ‘Why, that fellow won’t even tackle a pony of brandy unless he has his riding breeches on!’" Safe “They tell me old Closefist has money to burn!’ said Jinx. “Yes,’’ said Winx; ‘‘and nevera match in the house.’? Practical Experience “Well, I don’t know,’’ said the undertaker to the applicant for a job. “*Maybe I can find something for you todoinmy shop. Have you had any experience in my lini ‘ “*Why—a little, yes,’’ said the ap- Little Conversations plicant. ‘‘Father was a planter, and last winter I played the grave-digger in‘Ham- let’ on a road tour through Mississippi.’’ THIS 18 HOW HIS COZY LITTLE MOUNTAIN BUNGALOW LOOKED TO HIM DURING THE VISIT OP IS WIFE'S MOTHER Epi Curus—Yes. Sounds as if he was going down for the third time, Sarcastic “He'd be all right if he wasn’t so in- fernally sarcastic,’’ said Holloway. “‘Jimpson sarcastic? I never noticed it. How?’’ said Wimpleton. “Why, I borrowed ten dollara from him yesterday,’’ said Holloway, ‘‘and when I asked him where I should send it when returning it, he said, ‘The same place you sent the fifty you borrowed last year.’’” “Well, what of it? I don’t see any sarcasm in that,’’ said Wim- pleton, “But, don’t you see,’’ said Hol- loway, ‘‘I never returned the fifty I borrowed a year ago!"’ The Proof “Tush!’? said Dubbs contemptu- ously. ‘A woman never knows what she wants!’? “That’s true enough,”’ said Mrs. Dubbs. ‘‘I wanted you once, but if I'd known you”’. The pause that ensued was 80 chilly that the mercury in the ther- mometer on the wall broke through the glass and fell to the floor with a dull, sickening splosh. One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o’er and o'er: The ladies’ skirts are tighter now Than they ever were before. comicbooks.com