Judge, 1916-09-16 · page 17 of 28
Judge — September 16, 1916 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents several short humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century American satire: **Main Cartoon ("Number Three"):** Two women observe a third woman, "Geraldine," with a Navy man. The joke plays on Geraldine's romantic history—if she "catches" this man, he'll be her "third mate," a pun on the naval rank that implies she's had multiple previous romantic conquests. **Surrounding Content:** The page includes: - *"From a Sinner's Diary"*: Cynical observations about modern life (doctors, farm machinery, divorce, courtship) - *"Of Some Her"*: Brief comedic dialogues about summer romance and marriage - *"Phyllis"*: A whimsical poem about a butterfly mistaking a woman for a flower - *"A Master Spirit"*: A joke about inventing a device to prevent forgetting dress ties at weekend retreats **Social Context:** These pieces mock contemporary concerns—romantic fickleness, the constraints of married life, newfound leisure culture (beach trips, Adirondack camps)—through light, breezy humor typical of Judge's satirical approach to early 1900s American society.
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NUMBER Maude—There goes Geraldine and her latest catch that Navy man. Estelle—If Geraldine gets him he'll be third mate! From a Sinner’s Diary ANE says next to the worst thing, which is being a woman, is being doctor. And that Jay has four culti- vators. They go out of style like wom- en's hats. These fellows that can do things so infernally good never seem present to do ‘em. I saw an auto run over and pretty badly dent a gosling to-c Few, aren't they, who really love us? But maybe many as we love. Farmers, being married pine for divorce. The bullet that stays in the gun never gets any bystanders. ‘To make backsliders: Put up h nails pointing down, to hang things on. Slave bait: I love you.—But better than having Life catch you on a bare hook, at that. —Lynette Freemire. to Nature, less. Of Some Her “ HERE is O'Beetle spending the last days of summer?” “ At the beach, making love to the last girl there.” “Huh! Enjoying the last daze of summer, ch?” It Happens So They met for the first time in a year. “Are you and Helen still keeping company?” “In a way, yes. Now we're married we're keeping more company than we ever did.” Better So Jack—What a lovely ring! hold it a while? Jane—But I can’t take it from my finger. Jack—Well, that doesn’t matter. May I THRE I wonder what his title is? E Phyllis BUTTERFLY hovered on golden wings Awhile o’er a full blown rose And probed for the honeyed, fragrant things That in flowers’ hearts repose. He tried a sip from a daffodil’s lip, And kissed a violet shy; Then up with a wavering rise and dip, He rose towards the summer sky. But Phyllis. who sat in a garden chair, Dawned on the butterfly’s view: He thought her some fragrant exotic rare, And changed his course. Wouldn't you? —M, A Master Spirit “There goes Panstone, master spirits of the age. “What has he done?” “Invented an instrument which makes it impossible for you to forget a dress tie when you are invited to a week end at an Adirondack Camp.” one of the comicbooks.com