Judge, 1914-05-09 · page 5 of 25
Judge — May 9, 1914 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** "The Way Some Men Seem to Think It Comes" A waiter serves "SUCCESS" on a platter to a seated businessman, satirizing the naive belief that success comes automatically—like restaurant service—rather than through effort. **"A Spring Poem"** and **"A Woman Still"** These paired poems contrast romantic spring imagery with a woman's pragmatic reality. She's educated, ambitious, and politically engaged ("glib politicians"), yet society expects her to defer and "wish / When she sees a falling star"—implying women should remain passive and hopeful rather than active agents. **"May Do So Later"** A man asks an agent about discarding his old typewriter; the agent notes his wife "only married her last week," suggesting newlyweds replace things impulsively. The joke implies women are frivolous shoppers. The page critiques both masculine delusions about success and feminine stereotypes.
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f = THE WAY SOME MEN SEEM TO THINK IT COMES A Spring Pocm THE VIOLET begins to bite And leap from sparkling streams, The fish is warbling in the tree Of lyric springtime dreams. The bluebird has begun to bloom Upon the mead and hill, And from the clouds the south wind brings The sap begins to spill. The bock begins to build its nest Amid the branches high, And underneath the bursting sod Shere swims a butterfly. This is some pome on spring, I wz A Woman Still SHE has met glib politicians And undone them in debate; She has studied all conditions That affect her native State. She is able and ambitious, She can practice at the bar; But she always turns and wishes When she sees a falling star. =S. E. Kiser. Her Explanation Jack—Bridget, did my wife just come in? Bridget—No, sir. That's the parrot you hear a-hollering. think: tia al Vere isn’t any doubt. The stuff is here—I feel too tired MAY DO'S LATER > get it straightened out. =McLandburgh Wilson. The boy who ‘‘never gives his parents a moment’s worry”’ sel- dom gives them much feeling of Agent—Would you like to get rid of your old typewriter, sir? n i satisfaction later on. Boss—Not just yet. I only married her last week. comicbooks.com