Judge, 1915-01-16 · page 9 of 24
Judge — January 16, 1915 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Judge magazine page combines satirical commentary with lighter social humor. The main image—a woman with a hoe amid scattered skulls and a devastated landscape—references the famous 1889 painting by Jean-François Millet, but inverts its meaning: instead of dignity in rural labor, it depicts the grim reality of war's destruction, likely referencing World War I's agricultural devastation. The text sections mock contemporary social attitudes: "Hunches" ridicules socialists and modern pretension; "The Choice" sentimentalizes romantic poverty over material wealth; "Time's Whirligig" jokes about knitting socks for war refugees becoming fashionable, making even wartime charity trendy; "Dancing Around" references the maxixe (a scandalous dance); "Those Vanity Boxes" depicts a woman asking a man to carry her cosmetics, satirizing female vanity. The overall effect critiques how society romanticizes suffering while indulging shallow concerns.
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THE Hunches LL THE world’s a stage, and the socialist is a chap who thinks he should have a complimentary ticket to each performance. Opportunity hesitates with every man once. Life is a one-step from the cradle to the grave. With man, as with the automobile, the size of the horn is no indication of the speed. “*No,"" remarked the man with the dyspeptic look to the youth from the city, ‘‘dry farms are not stocked with dry cows."’ In measuring their worth, some men would have the world use a speedometer when it should use a gas meter. “At last, father,’’ said the modern daugh- ter, as she entered the sitting room dressed in her latest gown, ‘‘you should be satisfied. In this dress I'm bound to be more seen than heard." WOMAN WITH THE HOE The Choice At YOU would have grand castles placed In several countries, I conjecture, Arrayed in most luxurious taste Of most imposing architecture; But where is one so rich and rare, Though practical old folks may quiz it, As that grand castle in the air My love and I so often visit? La Touche Hancock. Time’s Whirligig “It is a fad now to knit socks for the refugees.”’ “Then it is fashionable to know how to knit?" “Oh, very !"" “Hurrah! Grandma is in style again!’’ Dancing Around Nowadays, when two irresistible bodies meet, the usual course is for them to join hands and take a few turns in the maxixe or the hesitation. THOSE VANITY BOXES “Carry your baggage, lady ?"" comicbooks.com