Judge, 1914-02-28 · page 5 of 24
Judge — February 28, 1914 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon depicts men sawing logs in a snowy forest clearing—manual labor typical of frontier or rural work. The caption "COMES NATURAL" and subtitle suggest this illustrates how independent work suits certain men naturally, contrasting with dependent domesticity. Below are brief satirical dialogues mocking marital dynamics: - **"Keeps Him Cyphering"**: A wife burdens her husband with financial obligations - **"Propriquity"**: A man is "crazy" about his wife but stays sane by keeping distance - **"Proof of His Kindness"**: Humor about reluctant marriage and monuments to wives - **"Somnambulistic Advantages"**: Jokes about sleepwalking husbands avoiding crying babies - **"No Doubt"**: Cynicism about optimism and marriage timing The page satirizes contemporary tensions between masculine independence and domestic obligations, presenting wives as financial and emotional burdens on men.
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COMES NATURAL VAN A aN = =e nel Patrickh—Well, anyhow, ‘tis the foine job fer an indepindint man loike mesilf! Shure ivery minute av th’ toime Oi 'm doin’ th’ Keeps Him Cyphering <4] SIGH for you, oh, Molly, dear; For you alone I sigh!’’ Such was the burden of my song In single days gone by. But now, alas, I sigh for more! To tell the truth in rhyme, To get the food and clothes for four I cypher all the time! —Will 8. Gidley. Propinquity Raze—He’s crazy about his wife. Daze—Yes; but he’s sane enough away from her. exact opposite av what th’ other feller 's doin’.’* Propricty’s Reward Madge—I knew, if you wore a veil, as I told you, it would keep him from kiss- ing you while on the sleighride. Marjorie—But it didn’t. He just pulled it up. Proof of His Kindness “I wonder why Amy refuses to marry Mr. Dooling.” “She’s afraid he won't be kind to her.’” “Won't be kind to her? Goodness gra- cious! hasn’t she seen the beautiful monu- ment he put up for his first wife?’” Somnambulistic Advantages— THE husbands who walk in their sleep Make happy the women they marry; For then if the babies should weep, They're passed to their fathers to carry. No Doubt Reed—What do you suppose will hap- pen on the Judgment Day, when the earth plunges into eternal darkness and desola- tion? ‘ Grant—Oh, I suppose some optimist will rise and proclaim, ‘‘Now is a good time to buy stocks.’’ comicbooks.com