Judge, 1914-11-07 · page 16 of 24
Judge — November 7, 1914 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous anecdotes from European satirical magazines, translated for American readers. The jokes target familiar domestic and social situations: **Key themes:** - **Gender dynamics**: "What She Thought" satirizes wives who reject husbands' work; "Mrs. Henpeck" mocks nagging wives; "An Orchid Moment" plays on working-class speech patterns and romance. - **Suffragette satire**: The "Lost" anecdote ridicules suffragettes by suggesting one would carelessly abandon her "hatchet" (likely referencing property destruction associated with militant suffragettes). - **Theater/artistic pretension**: "Adoration" and the "Leading actor" piece mock artistic vanity and impractical creators. - **Irish optimism**: The final "Luck" joke stereotypes Irish fatalism as comical. The page represents *Judge*'s recurring feature of reprinting Continental European humor, offering American audiences supposedly sophisticated Continental wit while reinforcing period prejudices about women's activism, class, and nationality.
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An Orchid Moment! She—Oh, do be keerful! right on me corns! He—Sorry! Why do you grow such things? She—I grows 'em for a 'obby, like as some grows horchids and such.—Sketch (London). You trod What She Thought “‘What do you think, Magda—shall I deliver my address on ‘The Ideal Wife’ just as I’ve written it?” “Certainly not! You must rewrite it. I can’t see that it fits me at all."'—Meg- gendorfer Blaetter (Munich). A Gentle Suggestion Mrs. Henpeck—\s there any difference, Theodore, do you know, between a fort and a fortress? Mr. Henpeck—I should imagine a for- tress, my love, would be harder to silence! —London Opinion. “Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize and beg you to come back next Thursday. I don’t know my lecture by heart and left the manuscript in the omnibus. "’—L’IIlus- tration (Paris). Lost Suffragette (on a trip to the Academy) —Guard, guard, back the train! Guard—What’s the matter mum? Suffragette—I can’t find my hatchet! I must have dropped it on the line.—Lon- don News. n Braut)—Sogar te. . Stundne lang kénnte ich dir zuhéren! Bridegroom (to the bride, who has got an awful cold)—Even your coughing sounds melodious, beloved! I could listen to you for hours!—Fliegende Blaetter (Munich). Cenén, did not please the audience. It is too long. It should be cut somewhat. Author—Do you think that by taking off some scenes—— cading actor—Doubtless! Especially if all the acts are suppressed !—Blanco y Negro (Madrid). Optimist (who has just been struck by ssing motor car)—Glory be! If this isn’t a piece o' luck! Sure the doc- thor himself that’s in ut!—Punch (Lon- don).