Judge, 1916-03-18 · page 7 of 28
Judge — March 18, 1916 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Main Cartoon: "Taking It Too Seriously"** A golf professor cheats by moving his ball from a bad lie while lecturing another golfer about scrupulousness—the irony being his hypocrisy. The satire mocks those who rationalize unethical behavior ("it's only a game") while preaching morality to others. **Secondary Pieces:** Short humorous anecdotes satirizing early 20th-century social pretensions: - **"The Aim of Charity"**: A woman's penny charity backfires comically, suggesting charity-givers often don't truly care about recipients. - **"The Proof"**: Mocks the wealthy facade—the Joneses appear rich but constantly complain about money, suggesting performative status. - **Bottom item**: A town criticizes a "peace society" for causing disorder, absurdly blaming peace activism for social problems—likely satirizing progressive reformers as troublemakers. The page exemplifies Judge's recurring theme: deflating social hypocrisy and pretension among the middle and upper classes through ironic humor.
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Bowers coe wee : Ce acre ut, “ TAKING IT TOO SERIOUSLY. The professor (surreptitiously “helping” his ball out of an exceptionally bad “lie”)—Tut. tut! Why be so meticulously scrupulous? After all, you know—it's only a game! “Doubly my angel!” he cried, and grasped her hands. She freed herself, but not wrathfully rudely “Well, we do seem to hit it out together, when each of us is ready to do his bit,” she confessed. “My—my own!” he panted. She smiled up at him divinely. ‘Almost—but not quite,” she breathed. “This is off—if you don’t stop that car.” “Oh, but can you beat he rhapsodized. “You'd better!” she said, with fine, feminine acumen. So he did. The Aim of Charity “Sweet charity is alw gratefully received.” “T don’t know about that. Once in London I saw a lovely lady throw a penny to a street beggar——" “And wasn’t he pleased? “Well, he wasn’t so blooming pleased. You see, it was one of those English pennies, and it hit him in the eye.” When a woman says what she wants is a larger sphere, what she really wants is a larger flat The Proof “What makes you think the Joneses are so well off?” “Mrs. Jones is continually complaining of a lack of funds.” jab Natice—This old town used to be pretty quiet ; but we ‘ve been having a lot of disorder lately. Drummer—What seems to be the trouble? Bad element moving in ? Natice—No, someone went and started a peace society. comicbooks.com