Judge, 1916-01-01 · page 13 of 28
Judge — January 1, 1916 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief satirical pieces and jokes typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines. **Main cartoon** (top): "At the University of Chicago" depicts wealthy students displaying pretentious behavior—the caption jokes that one woman takes an automobile to Greek class while another takes merely a pony elsewhere, mocking the conspicuous consumption and affectation of the university set. **Text pieces below** include: - "Greeting" and "Hard Up"—light romantic and financial humor - "The Way of a Woman"—appears to feature dialect humor (using period vernacular) about a woman's romantic expectations - "Humans"—philosophical doggerel mocking pretentiousness about French phrases and intellectual posturing - "Proof"—a brief joke about punctuality The overall theme satirizes social pretension, wealth display, and affected intellectualism among the affluent classes, particularly university students. The humor reflects period attitudes toward class distinctions and aspirational behavior among the well-to-do.
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AT Greeting ALWAYS hate to So, when [hit the tr T sort of slip out on the sly And send Good bye” by: mail So there's no pain when T depart And not a sigh or tear rewell s« in my heart cloud the journey’s cheer. But when [ come home To say my fond * Helk T kiss my sweetheart No correspondence Hard Up “Ts he hard up?” “T should say so. He can’t even get credit for his good intentions.” to Greek. The Way of a Woman A CROWD. of mbled r seated by the open window ‘dt stout dame call out to Jinny Jackson! Yo" ex- pectin’ of nobody?” No, I isn’t expectin’? of nobod expectin’ of me, onless hit th. He done was comin’ ent me a in on de own heah tell him dat if he was expectin’ me to e a niggah by runnin’ ter meet him on a tailagram call he was mighty mis- taken. Don’t ketch me chasin’ no niggah lika dat!” “That may be, but she takes Reggie's automobile when she goes THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO “They say Sue takes a pony when she goes anywhere else.” Humans H proud we feel and free from When first we flash the French “on mot!” How learned we become the day When first we utter forth “ per How When eat we deem ourselve Then—and the night, vt until then” takes flight Ah, hum: By v w we like to soar “Zeitgeist nicht wahr?” more! But oh, that hallowed, sa! We first wrote ad day ¢ Gilmore Stott Proof ittle—Is he a man of the hour? —Yep; he always keeps his eye lock. comicbooks.com