Judge, 1913-09-06 · page 8 of 24
Judge — September 6, 1913 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon ("Getting Ready for the Sunday Push"):** A man sits under a Squeejay Automobile Tires advertisement while another man approaches on a rural road. The title suggests preparation for weekend driving—a commentary on the emerging automobile culture and leisure activities of the early 20th century. **Main Content ("Reno-vated Proverbs"):** This is satirical social commentary on marriage and divorce. The proverbs mock traditional marriage wisdom by inverting or subverting them—replacing "Love of God" with "Love of Matrimony" as evil, adding "Alimony" to financial troubles, and treating divorce as expensive inevitability. The reference to "Reno" (Nevada's divorce capital) and "New Woman's Exchange" suggests criticism of changing gender relations and women's increasing independence. The closing dialogue mocks motherhood and suggests corporal punishment remains acceptable. **Bottom Cartoon ("Obvious"):** Two figures on a platform appear to be discussing missing something on "the right"—possibly a train or vehicle, playing on the era's transportation developments. The overall page satirizes modern marriage instability, women's liberation, and social change.
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~ UREJAY = AUTOMOBILE J GETTING READY FOR THE SUNDAY PUSH, Reno-vated Proverbs (From the New Woman's Exchange For Men (embracing women) ONLY a fool never changes his wife. The Love of Matrimony is the root of all evil. Money makes the pair go. A fool and his wife are soon parted. A good name is rather. to be refused than great riches. The wages of sin is boredum. Love laughs at wedlocksmiths. Man’s love is of man’s wife a thing apart. 'Tis better to be loved and lost than never to be loved at all. The course of free love never runs smooth. Circumstances alter kisses. Successive money troubles; Matrimony, Parsimony, Ali- mony. The course of true love is the dullest way home. He who weds and runs away, may love to wed another day. It’s a rocky road to doublin’. Where there’s a till there's a way. Desperate faces require desperate remedies. To wed is human, to divorce is expensive.—Carolyn Weils Mrs. Gibson—What do you think of mothers’ clubs? OBVIOUS Mrs. Hibson—Why, really, all I ever need is a small switch. The one on the right—1 say, old man, cid you miss it? comicbooks.com