Judge, 1915-01-09 · page 7 of 24
Judge — January 9, 1915 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page satirizes early 20th-century class divisions and domestic expectations through contrasting portrayals of American and German housekeeping. The top cartoon mocks newly affluent Americans: a society hostess casually summons her maid Marie to prepare an impromptu tea for numerous guests with minimal notice and resources, expecting flawless execution. The employment agency head's boast that his workers are "capable of anything" underscores the unrealistic demands placed on domestic servants. "The Good Old German Way" contrasts this with a German household's methodical, thorough approach—rising at 6 a.m. to meticulously clean and prepare elaborate traditional foods. The satire cuts both ways: Americans are portrayed as wasteful and disorganized; Germans as obsessively industrious. The telephone girl cartoon adds commentary on service workers' limited agency—she must interrupt her duties to accommodate a passenger's needs. The remaining content (poetry, "Idle Thoughts") appears filler rather than satirical commentary. Overall, the page reflects period anxieties about labor, class status, and changing domestic expectations in America.
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Sane —_—_ Mrs. Newlywed—| want a cook, but she must be capable. Heal of employment agency—Madam, | have several on my books capable of anything, Come Spend the After- noon with Me The American Hostess—Time, 4 p. m. H, DEAR! I'd forgotten to tell you to hurry a trifle, Marie! Ata quarter past four I've invited some ladies to drop in for tea; a dozen— perhaps I'm mistaken—or maybe the number was ten, and though I'm a trifle uncertain, I think there will be seven men. Just bring in a plate of those wafers and slice up a lemon ortwo. If the cream is all gone, why, don’t bother —the lemons will very well do. And bring in the dishes and silver we use for ourselves every day; I'd haul down the new ones and help you, if I only thought fussing would pay. It’s always been said that my parties dis- play such unqualified taste. Five minutes to dress—that is plenty—I'll call you to hook up my waist. Now, really, that table looks lovely! You do things so quickly and well! Go put on your cap and your apron—do hurry, Marie! There's the bell! The Good Old German Way—Time, Thursday, 6 a. m. Come, now! Get up! It’ssix o'clock, I say! We got yet plenty we shall do to-day! We clean the walls and polish every chair and shine the keyholes and the silverware. Come, hand me yet those dishes from the shelf; I wash them quick and dry them all myself. AND THE TELEPHONE GIRL 1S CALLED IMPATIENT “Hello. Central! I've just put some eggs on to boil and I find that my clock has stopped. Would you mind ringing me up in three minutes ?”” And then to-morrow—all day long we took till suppertime to cook, not so? to cook! We make some Pfeffernuess und Ganse Klein, some frische Pret- zels, Snitz, und Fleider Wein; some Stolla, Pfarvel, Schalet, und Sardellen; yet Carmeliter, Koumiss, Mirabellen; still Krebse, Smeltz, Kolatchen, Bundte mit Kloese; sure Auflauf, Schrub, Kolrabi, Sweitzer Kas; auch Kuchen, Brod Torte, Strudel, Krapfen Spritzen; Ja! Kischtke, Plaetchen, Zweiback— Donner-Blitzen! Then we be ready, Saturday at three—four ladies come to Kaffee Klatch mit me!—Jane Burr. A Cheap Substitute Dearest, here's a triolet. Just for you I learned to make it! Yes, I know the violet (Dearest, here's a triolet) Is the flower you love to get; But the bill—it’s hard to shake it! Dearest, here's a triolet. Just for you I learned to make it! —Kate B. Burton. Idle Thoughts If the general run of men were half as eager to slap their friends on the back as they are to punch their enemies in the eye, friendship, we opine, would prove a more enduring possession. A duffer’s game at golf is rather to be chosen than great fame as a cham- pion at tiddledywinks. comicbooks.com