Judge, 1916-03-11 · page 5 of 28
Judge — March 11, 1916 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon titled "The Spirit of the Age—'Give Her a Little More Gas, Nurse!'" shows a woman pushing a baby carriage while a man encourages her to go faster. This satirizes the "modern woman" and new automobile culture—the "gas" reference jokes about motorized vehicles. The caption suggests women are being pressured toward faster, more dangerous lifestyles in this newly mechanized age. Below is a short story titled "A Spring Caprice" by Corinne Rockwell Shaw, featuring character names like Calvert and Miss Tomlin. The illustration shows an umbrella-focused plot device. At bottom right is an unrelated technical drawing labeled "Proper Muzzle for a Bird Dog." The page mixes satirical social commentary with fiction and practical illustrations typical of Judge's format.
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“eT works like this, yousce:"’ the salesman fingered the umbrella handle with a practiced touch,and the vast alpaca dome rose majes: tically and locked itself open with a loud click. A second knowing and the umbrella was closed. simple when you grasp the principle of the spring action, and specially handy when one has things to cai He smiled his genial recognition of a suburban ite. Mr. Tomlin nodded dignified approval, and lovingly examined the mechanism. In youth he had yearned to be a great in- ventor, and even yet any clever device held a powerful appeal Ungrudgingly he paid the substantial price, and departed with his patent umbrella for the 5:15. That evening young Calvert came out from town to call upon Miss Bi Tomlin. Spring was near and his tender hopes began to bourgeon bravely in flowers and candy, though he was still tshed by Miss Bessie’s mischievous eyes and ironical tongue. In spite of his timid he was an obliging youth, and when Mrs. Tomlin wanted to get a letter into the box for the 0:30 collection, he promptly volunteered to mail it. Bessie, discovering that it had A SPRING CAPRICE By CORINNE ROCKWELL SWAIN begun to rain, insisted that he must take Papa’s umbrella; and Papa, agrecing, came to open it and exhibit its inner mysteries with proper pride. Calvert's weakest point was mechanics, but he did his best to concentrate, under Bessie’s laughing gaze, and started for the corner carrying the treasure with due respect. He‘beguiled the trip by visualizing the bright living room, with Bessie and the phonograph waiting to go on with his fox-trot lesson, and enjoyed a thrill at the bold longing that the arrangement might be permanent. Thus pleasurably employed, he returned to the porch, and ly made the usual high sign for closing an umbrella. instineti she ed that he had to deal with a trick umbrel he lost the combination. Was it a spring you pres: something turn around, or maybe slide up or pull down ,and that cd—or did Long and comicbooks.com