Judge, 1916-08-05 · page 22 of 28
Judge — August 5, 1916 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a **Vafiadis Cigarettes advertisement** (top) and a "Shock Absorber" art print offer (center-left), but the main satirical content is the **dialogue on feminism** (right column). The text features two rural female characters—Miss Spikes and an unnamed companion—discussing feminism in vernacular dialect. Miss Spikes initially fears feminism as a "buggy-boo" (bogeyman), but the other woman explains it's actually about women's power in childrearing, men's self-control, and female talent development—not radical license. The satire targets **anti-feminist opponents** who spread scare tactics about women's rights. The cartoon mocks how "Old Fogies" spread "misrepresentations and whoppers" to frighten "timid souls" away from supporting women's equality. By using plain-spoken rural characters, Judge suggests feminism is sensible common sense, not dangerous radicalism—and that opponents are simply fear-mongering. The page also includes light poems: "The Chimera" (about an imaginary pet) and "The Reason?" (a domestic humor joke about canned food).
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of hidia. Burmah and Canada ho have smoked our -ah- dis) Cage may now obtain them in the | cause to Liggett &\ hho amport th hat given thé sole right to manufacture them from our ro formula” tis & Co RANGOON “The Shock Absorber” This picture, in full colors, 9x12 just as it appears on the cover of the May 20th Judge. has been prepared, free from all printing. mounted on a heavy double mat ready for the frame. It will be sent postpaid on receipt of twenty-fice cents JUDGE ART PRINT DEPARTMENT 225 Fifth Ave., N.Y. City home infloonce had oughter be stronger in sassiety than that of business of booze, and that wimmen oughter be giy power to regulate conditions under which they shall bear and rear children. It means men oughter be taught self-control, not that wimmen oughter be giv more license. Us femynists figger out that if the Lord gives a female a talent it’s up to her to develop it, not to let some male use it as a matrimonial door-mat. And tho’ we agree with them as pint to the Marriage House Monogamy as a edyfice it took the race mighty long to build, we also pint to the fact) that woman's growed so big of late that she's most Dumping her head again the ceiling But we *Let’s tear n the ; 's build a. bigger and a better st ure. sumpin’ that females can fit inter ‘thout bein’ cramped physically, mentally and- morally.” “Wal—c tell” s Miss Spikes, ruminative. “So that’s what femynism is—tain’t so turrible as [ thunk. I “spose them that’s agin it has to make it out a kind of buggy-boo . “You ain't never said a truer word, Miss Spikes. Femynism is the Antis Buggy-boo and they're jist having a grand time 1 ing it in the faces of them timid souls that run screeching inter the Fold of the Old Fogies thinkin’ the old. pufi-bag of misrey tions and whoppers is chuck full of gospel truth Sumday it'll bust open and then woa't there be Sam Hill. I'd long for the busting to come if “twant for the y the Inimy The Chimera 1 Primavera Had a pretty And she pette 1 she fed it bh Iv gambolly 3 Like Mary’s lamb t Yet that beau To the real And it I pride; Y the sickly th The Reason ? hope you will t cht, dear, We have canned 1 vegetable is the reason, comicbooks.com