Judge, 1917-02-10 · page 5 of 28
Judge — February 10, 1917 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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The page contains two distinct cartoons with social commentary: **Top cartoon ("Breakfast Room"):** A guest at a country hotel complains his boots disappeared overnight. The host defensively claims honesty, suggesting the guest left them where "nobody'd touch them" for a year. The satire mocks rural hospitality and implies theft despite protestations of virtue—a jab at rustic establishments' reliability. **"The Latest League":** Text describes a new "Bachelors' League" for encouraging theatrical performances. The article praises its judges, particularly Percival T. Montague, for his refined taste in femininity. **Bottom cartoon ("The Truth"):** A brother questions his sister about whether she told the truth regarding her age. She admits she lied, claiming it was "none of my business." The joke satirizes women's secretiveness about age—a period commentary on feminine vanity.
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Host THE LATEST LEAGUE By LAWTON MACKALL ROMPTED by the brilliant suc- cess of the Drama League and similar organizations, there has re- cently been formed a Bachelors’ League, for the encouragement of the best in débutantes. (This does not mean necessarily the highest or highbrowest, but rather the surpassingly pulchritudinous and bewilderingly del table.) The method of the new organization is to have a committce of competent judges attend each premiére, and in this way to determine, for the benefit of the entire League, which débutantes merit serious attentions. Bul- letins endorsing the latter will be sent to members from time to time during the season. Aside from small dues for printing and postage, the only ¢ obligation involved is that every member of the League shall dance three times with each débutante so endorsed, take her riding or motoring once, and send her at least ten dollars’ worth of candy or flowers. The League is indeed fortu- nate in the judges it has cho- _ sen. Percival T. Montague, the chairman, has studied femininity wherever smart so- ciety exists. No other living Guest in country hotel—I say, landlord, | left_my boots outside my room door last night, and this morning they hadn't been touched ! ‘Sure! What d’ ye expect? Ye cud ‘a’ lef" them there fur a year if ye'd liked, an’ nobody 'd toucl them. We're honest here! person has so often responded to the toast ‘Aux dames!” His famous compliment to Mme. de Grenouille, uttered casu- ally in a salon in St. Petersburg many years ago, has been quoted in praise of a thousand women. For expert opinion on dancing and sports, there is Graham Southwick, the popular THE TRUTH Sister—Did Grace tell you the truth when you asked her her age? Brother—She did. Sister—What did she say? Brother—She said it was none of my business.