Judge, 1915-02-20 · page 12 of 24
Judge — February 20, 1915 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains social humor typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine. The main cartoon depicts three couples dancing, captioned "THE PROPER CAPER?"—a pun on "caper" (a dance/prank) that likely satirizes proper etiquette around dancing or social behavior. The surrounding text includes several unrelated comic anecdotes: a conversation about theater people and appointments; wordplay about a landlady ("regular old hen") who pursues tenants for unpaid rent; a child's struggle to remain silent at dinner despite being "full of talk"; and "Fair Weather Verses" about a woman's emotional influence on weather. The humor relies on class anxiety, theatrical pretension, landlord-tenant conflict, and strict Victorian child-rearing norms. Without specific historical context, the precise targets remain unclear, but the satire generally mocks social pretension and rigid propriety.
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joyously regarding her. In all his quite could not censor a yawn this time. But Fair Weather Verses uneventful career he had but once before — she lost her languor ina moment. ‘The bell LORINDA smiles—and darkened skies felt more self-satisfied. That was the day rang. A servant appeared with a card. ‘Take on a golden, gleaming guise; he married Margery Golightly. Harold Clarence took it. Clorinda frowns—and e’en the sun “Don't you enjoy yoursel one of your “Junius Brutus Bunk." Who'she? That — Its gay, resplendent course has run. clubs—at all of your clubs?’ sounds like a—aw—aw—a theater person.” Corinda, dear, the present weather “should say did! Only lawst evening, — Harold Clarence turned to the servant. “AW 1. SCkiy nasty altogether: at the Trailers’, I heard a conundrum th does he want?" Forego, then,. every other wile) amused me fiercely. ‘What is the differ- servant seemed embarrassed. But, please, oh, please, don’t doff your ence,’ it went, ‘between the wah'—you “I've an appointment with him,"* said smile! =A. Muratetn know they're having a devil of a time Mrs. Bilberry. **He isa theater m, er.”” . abroad—' what is the difference between the w—aw—an appointment? What Yearning for Utterance wah and the flood?’ " about, my deah?"’ Small Frances, aged three, was told that “And what is the difference?"* “T'm going back on the stage."" she must not talk at the table—that children “Why—aw—let me see, The difference? must be scen and not heard. One day ata Aw—yes. It was something, you know, A Habitation and a Name company dinner her mother noticed the about the Kaiser and Noah. And it was Jigg—My landlady is a regular old hen! child apparently gasping for breath. amusing. Devilishly so, I assure you, my Jasg—A what? “What is the matter, darling? deah."* Jigg—Just that! Because | owe her a Mudder, my mouf is so full of talk, 1 “It must have been." Mrs. Bilberry little money, she is always laying for me! can't swallo THE PROPER CAPER?