Judge, 1915-04-17 · page 7 of 26
Judge — April 17, 1915 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a satirical humor page from *Judge* magazine mocking the nouveau riche attempting to gain social status. The main cartoon shows "Aunt Maria" arriving in fashionable clothing, thrilled to fit in with high society—the joke being her obvious lower-class origins make her an outsider regardless of dress. The surrounding text contains brief satirical quips about social climbing. Key points include mockery of those buying their way into society ("cash, dash and splash"), the expense of social advancement ("hemorrhage of the purse"), and superficial markers of status (hiring reporters to create scandal, as Mr. Nookoyne suggests). References like "Dizzy Depot" and the "Golden Jimmy" book are invented comic names. The humor targets the pretension and phoniness of American high society during this era—suggesting that money alone cannot purchase genuine social acceptance, and that the desperate pursuit of status is inherently ridiculous.
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AUNT MARIA GREATLY High Lights 'T ISN'T good form to ask a Smart Set runabout if she was a self-starter. Those who take an express elevator to Social Heights generally land at Dizzy Depot. Many a social light be- gan by cleaning her own lamps. Three things are essen- tial in the social swim— cash, dash and splash. Every little belle has a clapper of her own—unless she is motherless. The lowbrow considers high jinks the most exalted form of amusement. A helpful book for the socially ambitious —'The Golden Jimmy: How Lady Raffles Broke In.’" The rule in high life—Live as the high livers do until your liver balks. Then limp to a raw-nut sanatorium, where the already nutty go to get rid of the gout. The tenderfoot who ascends a mountain seldom is attacked by nosebleed until he attains a great altitude. But all the way up the social climber suffers with hemorrhage of the purse. The barefoot Jap on the ladder of swords has an easy task, sighs the scaler of social summits. He hasn't a crowd of the arrived on the top rungs looking daggers at him while he climbs. Wine, women and song are the life of society. Wine (agents) furnish the sparkle; women (gossips) supply the spice; and song (birds, musical comedy) keep its sons jump- ing the matrimonial hurdles. —Terrett Love Holliday. The First Step “Pa,” plaintively coaxed Mrs. Nookoyne, “*T want to git in soci- ety.”” “All right,’’ re- signedly assented Mr. Nookoyne. ‘‘I s’pose we kin hire a reporter to write somethin’ scan- dalous about us."" His Catch Dyer—Higbee just got back from his fish- ing trip. Ryer—What did he get? Dyer—A skate. ELATED AT FINDING HERSELF IN THE LATEST FASHION Defined ONTEMPT of court is when the judge has had his feelings hurt by a fellow he never did like, anyway. Uncle Solomon, of Slowtown, Says “A polertician is a feller who has got a divorce from work—with alimony to boot."” NAAN THE PERISCOPE HAS MANY USES comicbooks.com