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**Main Cartoon (top):** Illustrates "Dr. Anna List's" investigation into modern dignity. The figure shown represents the erosion of genuine dignity in contemporary society—depicted as a hollow, collapsing structure. The point is satirical: what people call "dignity" today is mostly pretense (malicious veneer, vainglory, constraint, presumption) rather than authentic virtue (integrity, honesty, naturalness). **Content Below:** The page includes aphorisms mocking modern behavior—men who are ignorant but don't know it, chorus girls seeking advancement, and citizens returning from abroad who've forgotten American government details (referencing the Wilson administration). **"Two Systems"** sketch contrasts Mrs. Complain (constantly demanding, making her husband miserable) with Mrs. Content (satisfied with little, enabling her husband's happiness). The satire targets women's materialism and complaining as destructive to relationships. The humor relies on early-20th-century gender stereotypes and social commentary typical of Judge's satirical approach.

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NOT She Dignity D®: ANNA LIST. whose irresponsible investigation into the realm of tooth some generalities continues with impunity, has at last succeeded in effecting a reduction of that site upon human decorum known to the vulgar populace as lignity.” Miss List experienced consider- able difficulty in isolating the germ of this so much difiiculty, insidious blight upon spontaneity indeed, that she is delightfully skeptical as to the existence of such a thing as a_ pure and unmotivated case of human punctilio The present day dignity to the report of Dr. List, has little seriousness of purpose, innate uprightness. r any other of the less ephemeral accordir to do with tolerance attributes with which it pretends to hob-nob. Here are Anna List's figures DIGNITY Integrity 1.438 Malicious veneer 15.163 Vainglory 12.081 Naturalness 108 Ostentation 32.456 Constraint 18.002 Honesty 4.868 Presumption 14.084 100.000 Mistaken people who have heretofore taken comfort in their dignity may now Can you name over all the girls y LIKELY TO uu have been in love with > FORGET He throw it aside with relief to themselves and to the who have been bored by their unctuous antics rest of us Revised Proverbs The man who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is frequent: you can’t anything with him The man who knows not knows not, he will listen cultivate him The man who knows knows He become wise to you and knows he vou with awe ind knows not he shun him may wake up, and The man who knows and knows he knows, Dlackball him he is a bore Same as Before 1 n citizen (return from abroad) There government changes in the been our 1 hear have who is hy Secretary of State now? way Friend—Same before Wilson! Engaged The new chorus girl (timidly) Is the man- ager in? “Yes, but he are his office hours n't see you now, ‘These Many a Man Many a man who thinks he is a woman- hater merely hates himself Indeed I can. THEM I know them all by heart. Two Systems. Coxsint R the s Mrs. Complain Who always got all she demanded asked not in v ne Landed and tll he'd have been To buy her a comet had that been the fad. louder she But the more he got for her th whined And published his faults till Pm j a If her friends didn’t fancy the man wi And they all set him down as a niggard And the n unkind fe that she pouted and whined and ined The harder to please her the poor fellow strained, Mrs. Content Hed. ures And now for the case « Who never had half Her husband his cash on his own ple And her wants and di But she looked and That the with pride she ne ires went unheeded; well s 1 husband surveyed his n she acte room ines: her right ave her. She never demanded a thin But cheerfully took wh: Thus, th the extent of hi He looked on his dole as a favor Oh, contentment in womans a fine attribute But complainii far more productive of frui Walter G. Doty. ving was slight ng scem: Complete Is the car equipment complete? Yes, it even includes letter forms Knicker Bocker for putting off the grocer and butcher, comicbooks.com