Judge, 1913-11-01 · page 14 of 24
Judge — November 1, 1913 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents three distinct elements: **"The Old Salt's Story"** (top): A 30-panel comic strip depicting an elderly sailor recounting an implausibly exaggerated adventure—shipwreck, Madagascar, capture by savages, rescue—told with increasingly absurd details. The subtitle notes this yarn should be taken "with a grain of salt," mocking the tall tales traditionally associated with seafaring men. The humor lies in the obvious fabrication. **Three brief joke columns below** satirize domestic life and gender relations: - "Cruel" mocks husbands as selfish (the husband prioritizes his meal over his wife's interests) - "Like All Explorers" jokes about wives investigating husbands' pockets for evidence of infidelity or misconduct - "Under Pressure" uses a sexual double-entendre about a woman admitting love only when physically coerced The page reflects early 20th-century Judge magazine's typical content: visual comedy strips and short domestic humor emphasizing male-female tensions, seafaring folklore, and wordplay.
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