Judge, 1915-07-31 · page 14 of 28
Judge — July 31, 1915 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a marital comedy sketch titled "What They'll Do," depicting a calculated domestic power play. Mrs. Oglecamp pretends indifference when her husband shows interest in Mrs. Billings, claiming his attention would "please" her. Her psychological manipulation—feigning cheerfulness while clearly irritating him—ultimately works: he angrily departs with Mrs. Billings, only to have his chauffeur redirect Mrs. Oglecamp to the Boulevard Inn, where a man named Billings (presumably Mrs. Billings's husband) awaits her. The satire mocks early 20th-century upper-class social games: ostentatious vacation plans, automobile outings as romantic opportunities, and wives' tactical use of reverse psychology. The page also includes brief unrelated jokes about college men writing home for money and the distinction between geniuses and celebrities (those with dress suits). A separate cartoon about land battery damaging a submarine appears below, likely referencing World War I naval warfare.
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**You have no objection to my go- ing?" “Not the least. Why should I have? I wouldn't care even if you were to ride back to town with her. I can go back alone, and you'll have only a block to walk. I suppose you'd re- turn for dinner.’ “*You don’t mean that!"’ “Try me. It would really please me." “You said you had several reasons why you thought I was looking par- ticularly at Mrs, Billings. What were they?" **I've given you one or two, She's an exhilarating spectacle—to a man. And another reason was her signal- ing.’’ Mrs. Oglecamp was smiling constantly. Her smile, if not her banter, had touched his nerves, “Well, then, I shall go over and talk to her, just to"’—— **Just to spite me. But it'll really please me. And it'll be a sad inter- view, will itnot?’’ Mrs. Oglecamp’s smile ran into a merry laugh. “You're going too far. But your gay, assumption of gayety is clever. You need discipline, my dear. I know just what treatment jealousy requires. And I shall try to ride back to town with her."" **Good! I'm not jealous. But perhaps I do need discipline."” “If you're sorry for what you've said, I'll overlook it all.’* “*Sorry?’’ She laughed again. ‘*How foolish you'd look to back down now!"* WHAT THEY'LL DO » Martin—What are you going to do during Luther—Typewrite a few reports, get my How about you? your vacation ? ‘ ary up to date, read a lot of Shakespeare, and walk ten miles a Alartin—Ob, I'm the same as you! | expect to lie in a hammock most of the time. Oglecamp stepped from the car. He didn't look at her as he marched off with the rigidity of step that shows rage. She watched him as he made his way to the Billings car. Just as the crowd was crying ‘*Phantom wins!'’ he sent his chauffeur back to Mrs. Oglecamp. LAND BATTERY DAMAGES SUBMARINE “Drive me to the Boulevard Inn, John,"* said she. ‘*I dine there."" “And the governor?”* “Oh, he'll drive to town with Mrs. Bil- lings."* At the Boulevard Inn a man hastened down from the piazza and helped her from the car, “Have you been waiting long?" she asked him. “I would have waited indefinitely for you,"* was his repl ‘The man was Billi Why College Men Succeed? 66P)O YOU think college is doing your son any practical good?"* “*Unquestionably. He's already learned to write the most compelling money-getting letters imaginable.'’ “Indeed! He's taking a business course, then?’” “Oh, no; he writes them to me."’ The Dangerous Element A picture cute in bathing suit, Experience has taught her A picture's made for light and shade, But cannot stand the water. ftoser «pop, How To Tell what is the difference between a genius and a celebrity?"" “Well, my son, a celebrity generally has a dress suit."*