Judge, 1915-12-11 · page 21 of 28
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This satirical piece mocks women suffragists by portraying them as hypocritical and domestically negligent. The main cartoon argues that if men truly opposed women voting, they could have simply stayed home and forced wives back into domestic life—yet men refused, suggesting male indifference to the suffrage cause. The article's central irony: it claims men actually *prefer* women in public activism (decorating "soap boxes," attending rallies) over domestic duties, then criticizes women for abandoning housework for suffrage campaigning. The text sarcastically questions whether men's passive resistance proves they view women merely as "homekceping animals." The final section celebrates Ocean County, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania granting women suffrage majorities, though framed as oddities rather than endorsements. The cartoons and ads interspersed throughout are unrelated product advertisements typical of magazine layouts. The satire overall presents suffragists as self-contradictory while mocking male hypocrisy about women's "proper" roles.
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MODERN WOMAN Suffrage Facts and Fancies ty ANNA CADOGAN ETZ Again the Inconsistent Sex y ing the woman suffrage amend- Biacats on election day men had the dance to retire to home life the thousands ¢ women who decorate soap boxes and gam in the public ear the fundamental peaciples of government asking that they te applied to women equally with men. They had the chance to banish to the ho} deendless women who invade every public geting held for any purpose under the sun ih the plea that they be permitted to ate their version of the Declaration of Independence from the platform.. All over the campaign states stockings eet undarned that literature might be ded. Husbands sat alone by evening luzps while wives worked at suffrage head- Men had it in their power to dange all this and they refused. Didn't this refusal prove that men’s de- sation to woman as a homekceping animal WHY MOTHERS WANT THE VOTE ismere lip service? Didn’t it mean that he tally prefers her on the soap box and the patform and that the peace of the evening lmp quite by himself is not distasteful to tim? Didn't he show himself on election day tobe the same man we have known for urs, protesting with eyes raised to heaven tat the woman he admired was the home- teping woman and then hiking as fast as tis legs could carry him to sit at the feet of same actress or other member of her sex sbose life was passed in defiance of his ex- pressed conviction of what a woman should do or be? Every Knock Is a Boost c may be that Ocean county felt a bit foolish when it found itself standing all thee in New Jersey on October 19 as the caly county that gave a majority for woman sffrage. Itmay be that Ocean county perked up aad felt like a leader of fashion when on November 2 it found the whole state of Peasylvania knocking at the door of the Gy of Brotherly Love with a majority tte for the same cause. WI matter A Serbet ts mate tasty and y g al ade tasty and delightful by using Abbott's Sam; tters by mail, 25 cts. (n stamps, CW ‘sont a Con Baltimore M ner Cd NOLA—chocolate-flavored sugar wafers. Confections im- prisoning chocolate-flavored cream filling in an exquisite combination. Always appropriate, always appre- ciated, always delicious. FESTINO—Almond-shaped confections enclosing a filling of almond-flavored cream. NATIONAL BISCUIT COM PANY The “MIDGET” Emblem DISTINCTIVE — DIGNIFIED sopeals to members of ledges and societies bythe the Orders themecives, {Iilastraions actual size) MAKE Money Drawing Comic Pictures. Let the Sieetie pose et bel world’s famous cartoonist, Eugene Zimmerman, ill a few ideas into your head. Get the Zim Book— it’s chuck full of valuable suggestions. Price $1.00 postpaid. Bound in 3-4 Morocco. Satisfaction guar- anteed. Money back if book returned in ten days. address Zim Book desk 12-11 Write for those rot listed THE PHILADELPHIA BADGE CO. BRUNSWICK BUILDING NEW YORK 126 N. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pajamas a Night Shirts 44: fr rhe nex uiding star to comfort “one-pece Outdoor sleepers laesdlass veh E Rosenfeld 6Co Balto and New York comicbooks.com