Judge, 1916-11-11 · page 7 of 28
Judge — November 11, 1916 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This is a humor and satire page from Judge magazine, primarily consisting of short jokes and observations rather than political cartoons. The top illustration shows a domestic scene with the caption "Won't You Come Over and Live With Us?" — likely depicting a courting or social scenario. The content reflects early 20th-century American social commentary: **"The Notion Counter"** offers witty observations on marriage (men marry "quite unintentionally"), gender dynamics, workplace behavior, and social conventions — typical Judge magazine fare targeting educated urban readers. **"Out of His Line"** is a pun: "Guzler" won't count tea drinkers because he's "no tea totaler" (not a teetotaler). **"On the Safe Side"** plays on courtship propriety — the woman kissed first to avoid appearing improper. **"Letting Him Down Easy"** mocks the hypocritical respectability of politicians, even dishonest ones, after death. **"The Approaching Festival"** is sentimental verse about Thanksgiving. The page reflects pre-WWI American middle-class attitudes toward marriage, propriety, work, and consumption through light satire rather than sharp political critique.
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WON'T YOU COME The Notion Counter ALWAYS like to take off my hat in an elevator, because that makes her husband take his off, too. Oftentimes I wish I had the conversa- tional powers of a * waiter. Most men get married like most men get drunk—quite un- intentionally. Some people's conversation is not conversation but consommé. There are other dangerous things be- sides dynamite. Brown eyes under the brim of a hat might be mentioned. Many employees are like a plow: They will do the work all right if you follow them around. I still don’t understand why doctors are ever sick or lawyers ever lovelorn. There is only one may who makes a worse failure than the man who tries to get other people to do things and that is the man who tries to do everything him- self. Life has nothing left for the person who doesn’t feel a flutter when he gets a telegram, They get out an extra when a king dies or the home team wins. We speak of teachers as a class, but I guess we all are teachers if we only knew it. A may say he does not believe in peace at any price, but wait until wife starts something and see. I know just how a mother feels when she sends her boy out into the world. I have sent a favorite skirt to the laundry. The best lie ever invented is the one called Hope. Whenever I see a girl with paint on her face I want to speak to her mother. Youth buys, Age pays. Adam began to live when he laughed. —Douglas Malloch. Out of His Line Flubdub—Do you know the total number of tea drinkers in Amer- ica? Guzler—I do not. I am no tea totaler. On the Safe Side Belle—And did you slap the impudent fel- low’s face and not let him kiss you? Merchant let him kiss ‘me first. OVER AND LIVE WITH US? Letting Him Down Easy “ce HOSE funeral is that?” “The Hon. Saul Slickery’s,” re- plied the landlord of the Petunia tavern. “Tt is not customary to speak ill of the dead, and so I'll just say that he wa: member of the legislature for two terms. The Approaching Festival Thanksgiving Day rolls around apace Now Paw dusts off his thanker, And little Johnny dumbly waits, All appetite and hanker. —Tennyson J. Daft. How did you ever get Mrs. Dedbete to pay that bill? Collector—I offered her trading stamps with the receipted bill. comicbooks.com