Judge, 1915-08-21 · page 7 of 28
Judge — August 21, 1915 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge presents several short satirical humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American comic magazines: **"A Careful Witness"** mocks overly cautious legal testimony—a lawyer aggressively interrogates a witness who carefully qualifies his answers, suggesting the absurdity of pedantic courtroom procedure. **"Still Extant"** uses "dragons" as a metaphor for domineering women (chaperones), joking that controlling females persist despite modernity. **"A la Mode"** sarcastically comments on divorce's increasing prevalence and acceptability among the upper classes. **"Overwilling"** satirizes modern vanity—people claim extended youthfulness yet compensate with false teeth, hair, and spectacles on babies, contradicting claims of natural vitality. **"At the Reception"** plays on a widow remarrying quickly, with dark humor about a "late wife" (dead wife) who's still alive due to remarriage timing. The bottom illustration jokes about women's vanity and deception regarding romance, suggesting women primp extensively to attract men.
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{hy i WW A Careful Witness “BE CAREFUL, sir—be v-e-r-y careful! —and remember that you are on oath!’? ominously said the pinfeathery young attorney, whose brow bulged like the back of a snapping tur- tle, addressing a wit- ness. ‘‘Now tell us, sir, was every pane of glass in the west win- dow broken when you passed the house?’’ “They were, on the outside,’’ was the cautious reply. ‘‘I didn’t enter the house to see whether they were also broken on the inside."" Still Extant “Uncle Jim, have dragons gone out of existence?"’ “Oh, no, my lad. You can see one al- most any day, chaperoning a pretty girl."* A la Mode She who weds and gets divorce Will live to wed again, of course! OVERWILLING “Do you think she will ever marry anybody?” “ Anybody.” Uplift “Haven't you noticed how much longer folks keep young nowadays? I suppose it is due to our advanced civili- zation."* “*No doubt. Ina way, though, we off- set it by getting our false teeth early, as well as our bald heads and false hair, and by putting spec- tacles on our ba- bies."" At the Reception “‘Who is that at- tractive lady?"’ “*My late wife."” “T didn’t know you were divorced !'" Vos NMP} Armour & QJaneson- “I’m not; but just First girl —Belle always looks under the bed to see if there is a man there. look at the clock!"’ Second girl—Yes, after first looking in the mirror. comicbooks.com