Judge, 1915-08-14 · page 5 of 28
Judge — August 14, 1915 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon depicts an equestrian encounter with the caption "SIR OR MA'AM?" A woman on horseback meets a young boy on a country road. The joke plays on the figure's ambiguous appearance—the rider's short hair and masculine clothing make the boy uncertain of the person's gender, prompting his confused question. This satirizes the "New Woman" movement of the early 20th century. Women adopting practical clothing (riding habits, short hair) for sports and independence challenged Victorian gender norms. The cartoon mocks this gender ambiguity as socially confusing, reflecting conservative anxieties about changing women's roles. The surrounding text pieces humorously address related social issues about courtship, female independence, and generational conflict—all common satirical targets in Judge during this progressive era.
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BEA RASA eae sR Equestrian—Are you going fishing, little boy ? Woman's Inhumanity to Man (A Summer Revery) Dew’ by the sounding sea I sit, And as I try to dote on it, I cannot somehow quite forget That it is most ex- tremely wet And apt at any mo- ment to Blow up and raise a hullabaloo, Besides contributing a list Of fogsand chillsand murk and mist, While fierce mosqui- toes flit and scud Along the shore for human blood. Down by the sounding sea I sit And wonder not a little bit If any man of business sense And average tender sentiments Would passively submit to these Abominations just to please A goldarned girl who tells him she Dotes fondly on the sounding sea. —W. J. Lampton. L. b.—No. A Disadvantage ABEL had been experiencing camp life for several days with her parents, when she said to her mother, “Things are awfully hard to find in a tent, aren’t they?’’ “I don’t think so,’’ the mother replied. “*What gives you that idea?'’ “*Oh,’’ said Mabel, ‘‘there aren’t enough places to look.’” Out of the Question “‘Now, my boy, get to work. The world is your oyster.’’ ‘Just so, dad; but I can’t get to work for a month yet. Oysters won't be in season until September.’” In the Summer Hotel Ballroom Mrs. Grumpy—Ah! there go two more of the Time and Tide girls. Mrs. Frumpy—What do you mean, dear? Mrs. Grumpy—When the music starts, they wait for no man. Equestrian—No what? L. b.—Dumed if I know! A Modern Version AUD MULLER on a summer's day Raked the meadows sweet with hay. The judge chugged by with the usual fuss, This time in a jolting old jitney bus. But Maud just snickered from afar, As her eye caught sight of the ancient car. She bent her head and raked the grass, And all unnoticed let him pass, And quoth, as she gave the hay a pat, “He can’t win me with a rig like that!"’ While the judge with a sigh sped on and on, And moaned, ‘‘There’s another nickel gone!"* —A, Sufferan Mann, Those Dear Girls Annie—It was awfully dark where we met under the trees, and the first thing I knew, he'd kissed me. Fannie—I wouldn’t be angry about it, dear. I don’t think he'd have done it had it been in the daylight. comicbooks.com