Judge, 1916-05-27 · page 5 of 28
Judge — May 27, 1916 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** Shows a woman on horseback hunting, with dialogue between "Christabel" and "Reginald" discussing how a man named Teddy has become "awfully English" since taking up hunting and now "walks with an accent." This appears to be satirizing affectation—someone adopting exaggerated English mannerisms upon engaging in upper-class pursuits like fox hunting. **"Big Town Savings" Article:** Discusses urban society observations, including street-car conductors' behavior, political mismanagement in cities, and transportation complaints. The accompanying sketch shows two men in conversation, with dialogue about plumbing repairs and shop recommendations. The page blends social satire about class pretension with urban commentary typical of Judge's editorial stance on early 20th-century American society.
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Christabel —Teddy's gotten awfully English since taking up hunting, hasn't he ? so much he even walks with an accent BIG TOWN SAYINGS P IN COOKING is called domestic science in the Big Town, but I never could figure out where the change in names made things taste any better. People hate snow worse than anything else. The fact that the Big Town keeps asnow-removing force busy all winter is one thing that makes it score heavily against the country in the matter of attracting population Becoming a sought-after toastmaster is pretty nearly achieving the ultimate in the matter of popularity with one’s fellows Political mismanagement is not peculiar to the Big Town. Did you ever take ndte of the way the av board of county com- missioners fritters away its highway funds? There is just one thing that never can be overestimated, and that is the public's capacity for entertainment Street-car conductors may not be the most polite men in the world naturally, but their business forces them to become so. If they ever step out of the conductor's business and engage in some other line of work, no doubt their training in politeness sticks to them and proves a great’ asset A tremendous number of blue pencils would be worn to nothing if all the “tele- phone scenes’ were cut out of moving picture plays I know a man who could not attract’ more than six friends because of his per sonality, yet he has worked up a tremendous popularity in his neighborhood on the strength of the number of phonograph records he owns and is willing to lend People object to standing up fifteen minutes in a street-car, even when they have a strap to which they can hang. But the full pos- sibility of discomfort in transportation is not realized until one stands up with a bunch of farm hands in a lumber wagon, on the way home from the harvest field Every country woman Reginald —Yes; since he's been riding The Plumber—Take it from me, Joe, them that doesn’t believe in Preparedness ain't no good on earth. By the way, ye'll have to go back to the shop for a monkey wrench and the solderin’ outfit. comicbooks.com