Judge, 1917-05-05 · page 17 of 30
Judge — May 5, 1917 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge contains several satirical humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American comedy magazines. **Main cartoon** (top): Shows fashionable women at Drake University, Des Moines. The caption questions whether a character named Anne believes in co-education—a contemporary social debate about whether men and women should study together. The satire likely mocks either progressive attitudes toward co-education or resistance to it. **Text sections** include: - **"Says J. Fuller Gloom"**: Short, cynical quips about human nature (marriage habits, hypocrisy, vice-presidents elected through scandal). Standard satirical social commentary. - **"Cruelty to Bearcat"**: Rural dialect humor about a backwoods father defending his dim-witted son, praising "good sense" while describing violent, senseless behavior—the irony being the satire itself. - **"Inside Golf"**: A two-liner joke: "nineteenth hole" refers to the bar after golfing, implying the man drinks rather than actually plays golf. - **"New York City Nursery Rhymes"**: Parodies traditional nursery rhymes using Manhattan street types (fakirs, quakers, bakers, undertakers), mocking urban commerce and diversity.
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Says J. Fuller Gloom ‘T is hard to look distinguished all the time. The Eskimo sport cats his candle at both ends, Marrying again seems to be a habit with some men. To err is human. To say “I told you is inhuman. The man who was penny wise and pounded foolish was a pugilist. Some men die natural deaths and others are elected vice-presidents. It is easy to gather friends. The hard part is to ungather some of them. There is nothing more uninteresting than a scandal about a man who does not care. I know a good man who is so knock- kneed that when he walks down the aisle his legs lisp. While Atlas was supporting the world on his shoulders, it is probable that his wife was supporting him, AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY, DES MOINES, IOWA Maude—Does Anne believe in co-education? Whenever I hear a man referred to as “the salt of the earth,” I say to myself, “Oh, well, [always could get along with very little salt." —Tom P. Morgan. Cruelty to Bearcat 66 A STRANGER coming along the road tuther day,” explained Mr. Gap Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge, Ark., cen my least boy, Bearcat, playing in the dust. He stopped and patted the kid on the head and told him he'd be a member of the legislature some day. I heard it, and just nacher’ly took a shot at the cuss. But the rocks that Bearcat throwed at him had already got him to going so fast that I reckon I missed him. Bearcat ain't much for looks, mebby, but he’s got good sense.” Inside Golf Jack—He says he goes in for golf. Mac—He does; he plays the nineteenth hole. Esther—She dida’t till she met Harold New York City Nursery Rhymes Rhy Louts now Broadway N crossing Longacre I met with a fakir Who peddled his goods on Broadway; And passing the fakir, I met with a quaker Who walked in the woods on Broad- way. On crossing Longacre I met with a baker Who peddled his pies on Broadway; And passing the baker, A fat undertaker Was watching the skies on Broadway. Now there at Longacre A parasol-maker Was counting the people on Broadway; The fakir, the quaker, The fat undertaker, The baker and I were on Broadway. comicbooks.com