Judge, 1913-08-30 · page 16 of 24
Judge — August 30, 1913 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces mocking early 20th-century social issues: **"A Reminder"** references the women's suffrage movement, sarcastically suggesting voting rights agitation has always caused "trouble." **"A Thoughtful Parent"** jokes about courting customs: a suitor arranges to visit when the father turns off lights at 10 p.m., implying parental supervision of young couples. **"Tommy's Logical Inference"** plays on a child's innocent misunderstanding—Tommy sees tobacco plants and asks where the "little cigars" are, treating the crop as finished product. **"An Upset Proverb"** mocks Greek immigrants opening shoe-shining businesses instead of engaging in conflict, playing on stereotypes about Greek immigration. **"A Wonderful Woman"** praises a wife specifically for *not* being educated, a suffragette, or pursuing fame—essentially celebrating her domestic limitation. **"Envy"** makes a crude joke about appearance, with one woman asking how another found a man resembling an unflattering piece of jewelry. The overall tone reflects anti-suffrage, anti-immigrant, and anti-intellectual attitudes common to early-1900s satirical magazines.
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A Reminder LIVES of suffragettes remind us That, as long as hist'ries note, We have always had some trouble, More or less, about the vote. A THOUGHTFUL PARENT He—I have your permission to call this evening ? She—I shall be very pleased ; but don’t forget that father switches off the light at ten o'clock. He—That 's kind of him. I 'Il be there prompt- ly at ten, The Sensation Knicker —These are said to be times of great moral uplift. Bocker—1 know it; but I don’t like to ride in an elevator all the-time. To be ‘‘up with the lark”’ is a very good thing if it is not one of the college kind. THE MODERN MARY AND HER LITTLE LAMBS Tommy's Logical Inference [7 WAS little Tommy Watkins's first vis- it to his Uncle Bob's farm. Uncle and nephew took a stroll over the place. “What's that, Uncle Bob?’’ asked Tommy, pointing toward a great field of long-leafed plants. “Tobacco.”” In a moment Tommy was in the field, inspecting the plants and calling to his uncle, “Where are Bob?”" the little cigars, Uncle An Upsct Proverb When Greek meets Greek this modern day, No hard-fought tug of war ensues; Instead, they figure out a way To start a shop for shining shoes. —Hinton Gilmore. EN A Wonderful Woman 'Y WIFE, oh, wonderful is she! Though not versed in philosophy Or anything like that. No fluent German does she speak, She knows no Latin, knows no Greek; To her I lift my hat. She’s penned no popular romance that Would make too small her too large hat; She has not courted fame. And I can testify as yet She is no fighting suffragette, For which I bless her name. She's wonderful, but, I confess, Just why she is you'd never guess; And it’s no catch nor joke. A thing that you would least expect Of her; for, lo! she can sel Cigars that I can smoke —Witl Herbert vy Miss Rocks—Reggie gave it to me, so that I should be constantly reminded of him. Miss Knocks—Goodness ! How did he manage to find one that looked like him ? comicbooks.com