Judge, 1915-02-06 · page 5 of 24
Judge — February 6, 1915 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon illustrates "The Way a Man Who Doesn't Own a Car Feels Nowadays" — showing a dejected man in an entryway while others socialize comfortably inside. This satirizes early-20th-century social anxiety around automobile ownership as a status symbol. Not owning a car apparently made one feel excluded or inferior in social settings. The surrounding literary pieces ("Valentine to Mabel," "A College Fable," etc.) use romantic and humorous verse to comment on courtship, gender relations, and social propriety of the era. "The Size of It" cartoon depicts a couple discussing whether they need a car, suggesting automotive purchases were becoming major household decisions and economic anxieties — reflecting the transformative impact of automobiles on American consumer culture and social status during the 1910s-1920s.
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THE WAY A MAN WHO DOESN'T OWN A CAR FEELS NOWADAYS Valentine to Mabel ‘ABEL, you're a dream! Apple-blossom snows, Strawberries and cream— Thus your color shows! Lips that shame the rose; Eyes where harebells shine; Such a saucy nose! Be my Valentine! Mabel, you're a dream! Hair that glints and glows, Like the morning beam When the darkness goes; Seen from head to toes, What a faultless line, With a peep of hose! Be my Valentine! Mabel, you’re a dream Wrought of frills and bows, Things that are—or seem— What Lord only knows! Yet, should I propose, Win the blushing sign, Gone were then my woes! Be my Valentine! Mabel, you're a dream— You're a dream divine! This is all my theme— Be my Valentine! —Clinton Scollard. THE SIZE OF IT If we only had that car I should never want to go home."" “You wouldn't need to, Sarah, We'd have to sleep in A College Fable {When in doubt tell the truth.) 66JS IT true," demanded the woman's dean sternly, ‘‘that you were found smoking cigarettes?’’ “*Yes,’’ said the girl. **What explanation have you for your unladylike conduct?"" “T didn’t know it would be found out,"” said the girl. The dean's brow relaxed. “I couldn't give a better reason my- self! You are excused."” Another Advantage Valentine bards may take a rest From privilege long boasted; The sentiment so oft ‘‘expressed"’ May now be parcel-posted. Psychological Moment Nora—Why did you accept him the third time he proposed? Dora—Because he said it would be the last time. The man who makes his own way in theworld can’t always have his ownway. comicbooks.com