Judge, 1913-08-30 · page 18 of 24
Judge — August 30, 1913 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page collects humor from European satirical magazines (Munich, Paris, London sources cited). The cartoons mock middle-class social anxieties common in early 20th-century Europe: **"Another Anti-fat Cure"**: A woman claims stress from firing her cook causes weight loss—she deliberately delays dismissal to lose more weight. The joke satirizes both vanity and the casual cruelty of employers toward servants. **"The Sinner"**: A man admits he never confessed his past to his wife because "we weren't married long enough"—dark humor about marital discord and short-lived marriages. **"Modesty" and "Landlady"**: Standard domestic comedy—a nephew cadges car money; a landlord pitches an apartment. **"Naïveté"**: A woman returns after 40 years, having rejected a nobleman's proposal for "principles," now willing to accept him. Satire of female opportunism and changing morality with age. **"Mother-in-law"**: Stereotype of the intrusive in-law who uses affection as excuse for meddling. The page showcases cross-European humor about class, marriage, and domestic life.
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Another Anti-fat Cure “Sie haben merklich absenommen in den letzten Monaten, liebe Freundin; machen Sie eine Entfettung- ekgr durch?” “Bewahre! Das kommt ganz allein durch den Aer- ger, den ich mit meiner neuen Kichin habe f ind der kGndigen Sie nicht 2” “Selbstverstindlich ! Bis auf slebzig Kilo will ich mich noch herunteriirgern, dann fliegt tie naus “You certainly have grown thinner in the last few months, my dear. Are you taking an anti-fat cure?”’ “‘Goodness, no! It’s only the anger the new cook is causing me that does that!"* **And are you not giving her notice?"’ “Of course! But I want to worry down to seventy kilos. Then out she goes !'’— Meggendorfer Blaetter (Munich). The Sinner “Hast Du Deiner Frau nach Hochzeit nicht Dein ganzes Forleben gebeichtet?” “Nein, so lange hat unsere Ehe nicht redauert.” ‘Didn't you confess all your former life to your wife after the wedding?"’ “No; we weren’t married long enough for that.""—Jugend (Munich). with sea view)—There, now! you think of that for a sea view?—Punch ‘You might let me have the car for an hour, uncle.’’ “All right, my boy, you can have it."” “‘And, I say, can you let me have the price of a couple of fines or s0?’’"—Lon- don Opinion, Landlady (to applicant for apartments What do (London). “Herr Graf, vor ungefiihr vierzig Jahren—als ich noch ‘Naive’ am Zentraltheater war— boten Sie mir Jhre Hand an, Meine Grundsiitze verhinderten mich damals, Ihren Antrag anzunehmen, Jetzt hab’ ich mich ander besonnen—da bin ich 1" “Forty years ago, count, when I was at the Central Theatre and still ‘naive’— you offered me your hand. At that time my principles prevented me from accept- ing your proposal. Now I have changed my mind—here I am."'—Fliegende Blaet- ter. (Munich). The Mother-in-law ules, maman t’embrasse.”” vois, jamais elle ne perd une occasion d'em- ules, mother sends you kisses.’’ You see! She never misses an occa- sion to pester me!’’—Le Sourire (Paris.) comicbooks.com