Judge, 1914-04-11 · page 9 of 24
Judge — April 11, 1914 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces from Judge magazine: **Main Cartoon (top):** Depicts a domestic dispute where a husband questions his wife's hat purchase. She claims to have "saved" money by buying it marked down, then reveals she spent the savings on delivery and postage—a circular logic that defeats her own argument. The satire mocks wives who engage in self-deceptive financial reasoning and husbands' exasperation with it. This reflects early 20th-century gender dynamics around household spending and marital communication. **"The Amateur Farmer" (right):** A humorous poem about someone romanticizing farm life without practical knowledge—wanting fancy livestock breeds but lacking actual farming experience. The satire targets urban dabbling in agriculture. **"Making an Estimate" & "Especially the Chorus Brand":** Brief comedic dialogues. The first jokes about opera costs; the second contains wordplay about women ("gall," "honey," "girls") spoiling finances—typical period humor that's now dated in its gender assumptions. The top image appears decorative rather than narrative-specific.
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This rug was made for devotional purposes in the Orient, but is useful anywhere “Well, it got here all in good shape, and I don’t mind your spending that much money for a bonnet. But I can't see why you couldn’t wait and pat- ronize Miss Trimem’s Empo- ox rium, as Mrs. Gottit did. </ (] Your hat is enough like hers 4b to be its sister, and I know you didn’t get it any cheap- er.”” Mrs. Homemaker beamed. “That's just it,’’ she jubi- lated. ‘‘There are a good many things you don’t know. I happen to know that Mrs. Gottit paid twenty dollars for her hat, and I beg to inform you that mine—bought at one of the best shops in the city—cost just eighteen ninety-eight. It was marked down from twenty dollars, too.”” Homemaker remained skeptical. ‘‘I don’t see,’’ he insisted, ‘‘how you saved very much.”’ “You don’t want to see,’’ retorted his wife; ‘‘but that’s how you always look at things—never with any idea of seeing my side. I saved a dollar two, and if you argue from now till the trumpet of Ga- briel stops you, you can’t convince me otherwise."” “We'll see, we'll see,’ went on Home- maker, with a tang of anticipated tri- umph in his voice. ‘‘Now, what did you do with the dollar two you saved?"’ “‘Why,”’ explained his wife readily, ‘I spent the dollar for the expressage on my hat; and, if you must know, I spent the two cents for a stamp to put on the letter that I wrote when I asked you for money to come home on. So there!"’ Making an Estimate “‘Would you like to go to the opera to- night, dearest?” “What a darling boy you are! Of course I would! What is the bill for to- night?’’ “About eleven dollars, I guess." The Amateur Farmer PON a farming life I dote; I'd like right now To have a graceful leghorn goat, A shanghai cow. I'd like to own a holstein horse From some good sire, And all the other things, of course, That farms require. Of southdown fowls I'd surely keep A famous flock. Upon my farm I'd have a heap Of blooded stock. The study of the proper breeds Has lots of charm. I know just what a fellow needs Upon a farm.—Wwm. 8. Adkins. Especially the Chorus Brand Flat—It certainly ie true that a little gall spoils much honey. Slat (after a night out)—It’s truer still that a little girl spoils much money. comicbooks.com