Judge, 1917-05-05 · page 7 of 30
Judge — May 5, 1917 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page contains two separate satirical pieces: **Top Image:** A domestic scene showing a wife welcoming her husband home with slippers and homemade cakes. The caption emphasizes traditional wifely devotion. This appears to satirize idealized notions of domestic bliss and gender roles—likely mocking either the sentimentality of such domestic ideals or, conversely, husbands' unrealistic expectations of wives. **"The Notion Counter":** A column of witty observations about human nature and social behaviors. It critiques various absurdities: men marrying for superficial reasons, the fashion for free verse poetry, people's hypocrisy about vices versus virtues, and the illogic of everyday sayings ("one swallow could not make a spring"). **Bottom Cartoon:** Shows a woman advising another to "give him time—if he is a melon, she will!" This mocks romantic decision-making, suggesting women shouldn't rush into relationships and should assess men's worth over time. Overall, the page satirizes social conventions, romantic expectations, and human contradictions typical of early 20th-century American life.
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IE ae i 4 i She—George, dear, I’m so glad you've come! Your slippers are all nice and warm, and I've made you | some of those little cakes you like so much for your supper. THE NOTION COUNTER The bachelor has many illusions about woman, but he has T takes all kinds of people to make a world: for example, — them there must be somebody who gets shaved in the lady Modesty is like virtue: suspected only when it is advertised. barber shops. She may not tell her age, but you can tell it. They tell me I will get over being thin if I cat chocolate and Gossip is the submarine of conversation. 2 A kiss puts the good in goodbye. ican fiction? The Virtue is its only reward. —Douglas Malloch quit smoking; but is being fat such a privile; Are you keeping up with the latest Ame Washington correspondents, I mean. Just when I am feeling kind toward all the world some magazine publishes some free verse And there are men thoughtless enough to marry a girl Lecause of her skill at repartee. Flattery is trying to buy friendship by bribery instead of honestly earning it The reason that one swallow could not_make a spring was because the cat did. One thing, you never have to answer the letters you don't receive. If we were only virtues! No stenographer ever learned how to make a dash—except for home. There is too much cha as ashamed of our vices as we are of our nging of minds after pulling of | triggers. Or rather too much pulling of triggers before making of “She should cut himf minds. “Give her time—if he is a melon, she will!” comicbooks.com