Judge, 1913-08-09 · page 7 of 24
Judge — August 9, 1913 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple brief humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"The Incoming Tide"** (top): A woman on shore pulls a rope while children in the water hold on. The title suggests romantic entanglement—a man proposes love while bathing, but the woman keeps deflecting his advances, telling him to swim further out. The satire mocks both overwrought romantic declarations and women's indifference to male suitors. **Other pieces** include jokes about social class ("ancestry back to armor" versus "shirt sleeves"), domestic life (wives controlling husbands' habits), and urban modernity (vacuum cleaners collecting lost buttons). **"Jungleville Jail"** (bottom right): A jailer explains that a prisoner is imprisoned for falsely claiming descent from Black people. This reflects racist attitudes of the era, presenting such claims as inherently ridiculous. The page is typical Judge satire: light domestic comedy mixed with period social commentary and racial stereotypes reflecting its audience's attitudes.
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THE Summer Dips TOGETHER, in the rolling sea, They went in bathing, she and he. “I love you, dearest one,” he said. Said she, ‘‘Don’t get be- yond your head.’’ She wore a fetching bathing suit— Most beautiful she looked, and cute. He sighed, ‘‘Your heart I want to keep.”” She answered, ‘‘My! it’s getting deep!’’ And, as the waves about them play’d, ‘Tis thus he pleaded with the maid: “My love, dear girl, pray never doubt.”’ And her reply was, ‘‘Please swim out.’” He led her safely to the shore. She smiled and said, ‘‘ Well, au revoir! I thank you for my bathing trip.’’ Next day she had another ‘‘dip.’” —Tom W. Jackson, As Far as He Could Go “T,"’ she said, ‘‘can trace my ancestry back to armor and shirts of mail.” “TI started to trace my ancestry back once,’’ he replied, ‘‘but my wife made me stop when I got to shirt sleeves and overalls.’? Until “Do you think it a good plan for one to Pay as he goes?” “Yes; until he goes for good!"’ Headquarters **Do you have as much trouble finding your cuff and co!lar buttons as you used to?"" “No; I always find ’em in one place now."* “Indeed !'" “Yes; I go to the vacuum cleaner."” JUNGLEVILLE JAIE== Cee San INCOMING TIDE ENTE TAG ANIC In Vacation Time The dish had just run away with the spoon. “Jones wouldn’t wash us while his wife was away,’’ they explained. Many people get their only rise in life through the assistance of an elevator. RETRIBUTION Mr, Monk—What's be in for? Jailer — Going around claiming to be descended from us. comicbooks.com