Judge, 1914-10-24 · page 7 of 24
Judge — October 24, 1914 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine humor: **Main Cartoon ("Stuffing the Chicken"):** A man at dinner pressures a woman about selling her yacht, likely mocking nouveau riche social climbing and mercenary dating practices among the wealthy. **"The Politician":** A pun-heavy poem criticizing election season chaos. The speaker dismisses political turmoil as tedious, but becomes absorbed when visiting "Polly," pivoting the complaint into a flirtation—"Polly-ticks" being a wordplay joke. **Other Snippets:** Brief jokes about class distinctions ("malefactor of great wealth"), gender roles (a woman preferring to keep suitors "on a string" rather than committed), suffragism (mocking a militant suffragist accepting a "leading man" position), and domestic annoyances. The humor relies on period-specific references to wealth displays, courtship customs, and early feminist activism, reflecting Judge's target audience of educated, upper-middle-class readers amused by social pretension and changing gender dynamics.
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The Way It Works UH! Here yet, are you?” grumbled the Stork, as he laid the customary white bun- dle on the doorstep and glared severely at the Wolf. “Every time I come I find you hanging around, Why don’t you haunt the resi- dence of some malefactor of great wealth, who has no children to support, instead of pestering this poor but honest couple, who boast of being the parents of ten, and to whom I am about to present an- other, so that they can have an entire football team in the family if they wish?”’ “I'm kind 0’ attached to the place, I have been here so long,’’ grinned the Wolf. ‘‘And the fact that they are hon- est and you come so often is the reason they are unable to drive me from the door.’’ The Point of View “Is that our little angel’s voice?’’ Young Nudad asked, before He listened. ‘*N sounds more like The brat that 1 A Philosophette “But why don’t you marry Edwin, An- gelica?"’ asked Mrs. Blinker. “Why, mother,’’ replied Angelica, ‘‘I think it’s much better to have a man on a string than merely anchored."’ FREDDIE ASTORBUT SAYS To ME.JACK SELL YouR YACHT FoR? STUFFING THE CHICKEN The Politician LITTLE care for all the fuss, The rumpus and eternal muss We must endure in all our States In picking out our candidates. It makes me nervous as a cat To listen to the speeches flat And contemplate the horrid tricks Put up by those in politics. But when on Polly fair I call, In summer, winter, spring or fall, And sit so close that I can hear Her watch tick-tocking loud and clear, As near her heart it lies at rest, Like some rare birdling in its nest, Oh, then it is I gladly fix My mind and soul on Polly-ticks! Carlyle Smith, Her Opportunity Emberg—How did the manager induce that militant suffragist to join the com- pany? Watkins —He promised her the position of leading man, An Extreme Case “They tell me your daughter is very musical,’’ said the visitor. “*Yes,’’ replied Mrs. Pikestaff. ‘‘The fact is she is so very musical that we cannot induce her to practice either her singing or her piano lessons, the amateur quality of the work grates so on her ren- sitive nerves."’ OLD TOP WHAT'LEYoY ifs Stella—Say, Willie, these spite fences are getting to be an awful nuisance, ain't they? ty MY pitt Gy “if n//" comicbooks.com