Judge, 1915-11-13 · page 8 of 28
Judge — November 13, 1915 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two satirical pieces from *Judge* magazine: **Top cartoon ("A Wedding Ring"):** A humorous illustration shows a couple at "Cupid Central Station" with Cupid as a small child between them, suggesting marriage as a transportation hub or matchmaking service—poking fun at romantic bureaucracy. **Main article ("Putting Him Wise"):** A new minister arrives to make parish calls. A parishioner (Mrs. Nimbletongue) warns him to avoid discussing politics in private conversations, naming specific parishioners with strong political allegiances—some supporting Roosevelt/Republicans, others supporting Bryan/Democrats. The joke satirizes small-town religious hypocrisy: the minister must stay silent on major issues to avoid offending wealthy donors, undermining his moral authority. **Bottom cartoon ("Those Women's Clubs"):** A brief society joke where one woman refuses to give a lecture on philosopher Henri Bergson, claiming ignorance—likely mocking pretentious women's clubs that discuss fashionable intellectual topics they don't understand. The page satirizes both ecclesiastical politics and educated-class pretension.
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WE Rev. Adoniram Amzi Meckly was newly arrived in the parish and was making his first calls. He had announced from the pulpit on the previous Sunday that he would dur- rk callon all whose names began with * This caused all whose names began with that letter to be in a state of expectation and readiness and when the Rev. Adoniram Amzi rang the doorbell at the home of Mrs. Miranda Nimbletongue he found her ready to receive him both as to her dress and her state of mind. ing the cc “L been expecting you ever since Mon- day.” said) Mrs. Nimbletongue, “and ['m real glad to see you. I'm glad we have a minister who believes in’ making calls Our last minister didn’t and he had been here two years before he ever darkened the door of this house, and then he came be- cause my old mother was sick. ‘The way 1 look at it a minister can often give a good deal more of teal spiritual help in a call than he can in zen sermons. I'm one that enjoys a call from my pastor. You think you are going to like here?” “Oh, Lam sure that LT will.” “Well, L hope so, but I can tell you pri- vately that you got to be real tactful and handle some folks in the parish as if they was made of glass. If no one else has told you I think that L ought to tell you that you'll have to be careful what you say before Deacon Dabb about the Prog ves. He was one of ‘em and if any one says a word PUTTING Ry MAN HIM WISE MERRY MAN clecting Roosevelt: he is Then you want to be careful what you sty about the Democrats. about ‘em not right up in arms, before Deacon Todd, he’s one of the strong est Democrats you ever did see and if you should let anything fall favoring the Repub licans you'd have him up and after you.” THOSE WOMEN’S Naomi—What do you think ? next week. Diana—What reason did she give > “Tonever discuss polities in the pulpit.” “Well, you'll be wise if you don’t discuss ‘em out of the pulpit. ‘Then you got to be careful what you sty about Bryan before Sam Piper. Me's a Bryanite from head to foot and he’s right up in arms the minnit He pays more than almost any one else to the church and you don’t want to get on the wrong side of him. And you got to be careful what you sty about foreordination before Deacon Wellson any one says a word agin Bryan He ot so mad at what one of our CLUBS Gwendolyn positively refuses to give a talk on Bergson at our club Naomi—A perfectly silly one! Said she didn’t know anything about Bergson!