Judge, 1915-10-09 · page 7 of 28
Judge — October 9, 1915 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple brief satirical humor pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **Main cartoon (top):** Shows a boy at an overlook with a car, illustrating the lead story about a ten-year-old sent to buy cigarettes for his father. The druggist refused, suspecting the boy wanted them for himself—the boy's indignant response mocks this assumption. **Other jokes** target social pretensions and gender dynamics: - A man judges women as cheap by observing their husbands - A woman feigns ignorance of "Horatius at the bridge" (classical reference) because her social circle is exclusive - "Festive Father William" parodies Tennyson, mocking elderly men chasing youth in cabarets - A woman admits maintaining an ex-fiancé as a romantic interest - A man comments his wife "was too fresh" after she becomes a pillar of salt (biblical Lot's wife reference) - A joke about Friday the 13th superstitions The humor relies on class consciousness, marital discord, and mocking both pretension and moral hypocrisy typical of Edwardian-era satire.
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THE RIGHT MAN Not for Himself DoXD.2 boy of ten years, had been sent to an apothecary store and told to get a aie of cigarettes for his father and a rubber nipple for his baby sister’s nursing bottle. The druggist de- clined to give the boy the cigarettes fearing that he wanted them for him- sel Indignant because of this impugning of his veracity after he had said that the cigarettes were for his father, the boy said, “Huh! I s’pose you think that the nipple is for me, too, don’t you?” Sure Proof Hokus—I can always tell a woman who takes things just because they look cheap. Pokus—How? Hokus—Simply by looking at her husband. Not Present He—Do you remember Horatius at the bridge? Ske—I don’t think I ever met him. You know we invite so few men. *“66N7OU are old, Father William,” Festive Father William the fair maiden said, “Do you really think you ought to stay To witness the dancing and questionable fun In this hectic and hot cabaret?” But the old man still lingered, despite the broad hint, And danced them down, even the best, In the tango, the bunny, the gay turkey trot, The one step, the dip and the rest. —Tennyson J. Daft She Explains Mabel—You and Harold seem inseparable. Gertrude—We are together a good deal. You see, Mabel, I take a peculiar interest in him. Mabel—Oh, do you? Gertrude—Yes. I was engaged to him at one time, and in love with him at another.” Review “You mustn’t comment impo- litely. You might be heard. That lady is Mrs. Ludley, the great phi- lanthropist and society leader!” “What if it is? I can look just as cross as she does if I try hard enough!” IN THE RIGHT PLACE Lot’s Comment Lot took a look at his wife who had been turned into a pillar of salt. “She always was too fresh, anyhow,” he commented. A coat of arms is no good for concealing defects in your character. UNLUCKY FOR SOMEBODY Belle—Do you think Friday is unlucky ? Freddie—No. 1 was born on a Friday. Belle—And what do your parents think ?