Judge, 1914-10-24 · page 6 of 24
Judge — October 24, 1914 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical sketches and verses mocking early-20th-century gender relations and social pretense. The top illustration depicts women engaged in a sword duel—likely satirizing the "deadly duel" of competing for men's affections. The accompanying poem "Great-heartedness" presents a woman juggling five suitors identically, then threatening suicide ("high dive") because she must choose one. The satire targets female fickleness and emotional manipulation. Other pieces mock domestic life: a wife's excessive motor-car spending justified by "carfare savings"; a husband who won't listen to doctors' advice; a woman's jealous husband replaced by an indifferent one (implying both conditions make her miserable). The "International Mystery" jokes about an Irish servant with German cousins—apparently absurd genealogy for humor. Overall, the page satirizes marital discord, female duplicity, male obtuseness, and the gap between what people claim and reality—typical Judge magazine fare targeting middle-class domestic anxieties and gender politics of the era.
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BIRDS OF A FEATHER; OR, ANOTHER DEADLY DUEL Great-heartedness HAT rot all this talk about soul mates! I've Jim, Tom, Bill, Toby and Paul; It’s perfectly clear that they're equally dear, For I've told the same things to them all. I've smoothed out their brows with my fingers, I've cooed in their separate ears They've all held my hands and obeyed my com- mands, And they've all kissed the salt of my tears, But my dimples are turn- ing to wrinkles, So it’s me for the moot- ed high dive. I've got to draw straws —oh, the stupid old laws! I could be so contented with five !—Jane Burr, Overlooked “I don't want to make you unhappy, my dear,’’ said Mr. Willerby, as he ran over his monthly accounts, ‘‘but you must be more careful. Your motor car is really costing too much money."” “Yes, Henry, my love,’’ replied Mrs. Willerby, ‘I suppose it is costing a good deal; but just think of all it saves us in carfare."’ We should strive to remember that there are other people just as insignificant as ourselves, THE PRESCRIPTION Doctor—What your husband needs is absolute quiet. Mrs. Gab—Bat, doctor, he won't listen to me. Doctor—Well, that ought to belp a lot An International Mystery ‘ THERE'S something that puzzles me about our Biddy.’’ “*What is that?’’ “*Her name's O' Flanagan, and she comes from Dublin, yet she has cousins-german by the dozen!"” Human Nature It seems to me, upon looking round, That people mostly are pretty sound. The sole exceptions that I see Are those who don’t agree with me. Degrees Jess —Her husband's jealousy used to make her wretched. Tess—She’s much more miserable now, when he’s no longer jealous of her. A Poor Prop “Do you think he’s able to support a wife?” “Why, he can't even maintainaconversation!” comicbooks.com