Judge, 1915-03-20 · page 7 of 24
Judge — March 20, 1915 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon satirizes marriage and domestic life. A bookseller tells a customer he can't stock "How To Be Happy Though Married," implying the book is in such demand it sells out—suggesting marriage unhappiness is widespread. The accompanying story notes the protagonist "lost what little hold he had upon the affections" of his family after this encounter, ultimately becoming a successful businessman. The shorter pieces mock social hypocrisy and relationships. "Staggering" contrasts people's claimed morality with actual behavior (more "Lost" notices than "Found" ones). "Heredity in Extremis" uses period-inappropriate dialect to suggest alcoholism runs in families. "Two Mothers" presents a touching moment between two women, both wives of successful men—an implied commentary on feminine experience. The final joke "Why" subverts romantic sentiment: a wife claims she loves her husband twice as much because his salary doubled, reducing love to financial calculation and poking fun at mercenary marriage motivations.
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Bookseller—No, | can't give you “How To Be Happy Though Married,” but we are selling a lot of these books.” From that day forth Harry Fenner lost what little hold he had upon the affections of the various members and did what is ww known in moving - picture > — parlance as a fade-out. pR\ The last I heard of him, he was president of a pack- |g ing concern and was worth about ten million dollars. ‘ And he was still having his neck shaved round. They all do that! Staggering T want to trust my fellow-men; I like to think their morals sound. And yet the column headed ‘*Lost’’ Is thrice the size of that called ‘‘Found."’ Heredity in Extremis “Dat Ed nigger ain't got no sense ‘tall"" “Cose he ain't got no sense! His step- fadder befo’ him ain't had a drap!"" His Natural Bent “It takes Jenks to get around a thing!"’ “I know it from the way he hugs his miseries!" Two Mothers ‘WO women occupying the same seat on a train got to talking, as women will do. They were women of fifty or more and talked of the more serious problems of life. **Are you a mother?"’ in- quired one after a while. - ‘*Yes."" “A man’s mother?” “Yes."* “*Married man's?’’ It was not necessary to say more, and they shook hands silently. Why **Do you love me as much as when we were wed?’" Asked the man with a look that was troubled. “Do I love you as much?"’ his gentle wife said. “*Twice as much—for your salary has doubled !"’ comicbooks.com