Judge, 1917-02-10 · page 25 of 28
Judge — February 10, 1917 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **humorous short jokes and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The jokes target early 20th-century American social attitudes: **Key jokes include:** - A wife's stubbornness about berries (domestic humor) - Women's suffrage: Senator Sorghum supports women voting only because they'll get it anyway and he wants their goodwill—satirizing insincere political support - A lawyer's reputation built on losing unwinnable cases - A woman's "unfitness" for work despite getting hired **Advertisements feature:** - Egyptian Deities cigarettes (25¢) - Five Rich Cuban Cigars (5¢) - "Letters of a Self-Made Failure" book with Frank Godwin illustrations The suffrage joke is the most politically pointed: it mocks politicians who cynically endorse women's rights not from principle but from self-interest—a jab at opportunistic politics during the suffrage movement era.
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