Judge, 1913-11-15 · page 19 of 24
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This page primarily contains **advertisements and a humorous anecdote** rather than a political cartoon. The main story mocks a man named Billy who has been married five times. His current bride (Wife No. 6) attends their wedding-night theater performance, only to be confronted by his five ex-wives sitting nearby in the audience. After the show, the ex-wives introduce themselves to the new bride in chronological order—a deliberately awkward social humiliation. The satire targets **serial marriage and male infidelity**. When the bride confronts Billy afterward, she delivers a sharp ultimatum: she will follow him everywhere (New York or Kansas) and there will be no divorce or separation. She essentially forces him into fidelity through constant surveillance and companionship. The joke exposes the social absurdity of repeated marriages and suggests that a woman's best recourse against a philandering husband is relentless vigilance and control rather than legal protection—a comment on women's limited options in marriage at the time.
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He got through the play somehow, but I heard that his language off stage nearly ignited the asbestos drop. At the close of the play the bride started to leave the box, when in trooped her predecessors, led by Bettie Nielson, who had been Mrs. Snapper No. 1. She first introduced herself, told of a few of Billy’s good points, and extended congratv'ations. Then she introduced each of the other wives in thelr chrono- logical order, and they all said something timely about their former husband. Of course it was a cold deal for the bride, but she was game and handed those dames as good as they sent. Then she went into the lobby and waited for hubby. “*He arrived with the look of a scared jack rabbit, and I am told that the chill in that hallway had a Peary-expedition atmosphere beaten to a frazzle. The ticket-office man was the only one who heard the interview, and he passed it on to us. “According to him, the bride studied the classic countenance of her hubby for a full five minutes, and then said, ‘I {don’t know why I didn’t hear that you had been married, put I dian’t. Guess the news from this overlighted thoroughfare doesn't find its way into places like my home burg. However, I am now Mrs. Snapper No. 6, and you can be perfectly positive that there will be no No.7. There are going to be no sepa- rations for business or other reasons. I join that chorus to-morrow, and, whether you play in New York or Kankakee, I'l) be with you on and off stage. I trust you “‘get me.’ That is the correct expres- sion, I believe. Now I'll take your arm, and, if you can pull yourself together, we will adjourn for that wedding supper. 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