Judge, 1917-09-01 · page 20 of 28
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This page satirizes the women's suffrage movement through two main pieces: **"The Modern Woman: Suffrage Facts and Fancies"** presents anti-suffrage arguments as humor. The author claims that granting women the vote won't bring peace to men—instead, women will become equally demanding in Parliament as they are at home. The satire mocks male anxiety about women's political power, portraying men as already nagged by women and fearing worse if suffrage passes. The piece ridicules both suffragists and anti-suffragists: it jokes that Mrs. Humphrey Ward (a real anti-suffrage activist) has become "funny" and "hopeless" by opposing women's suffrage. The author also mocks conservative politicians' panic about "rushing" such a "radical measure," noting suffragists have campaigned for fifty years—hardly sudden. **The accompanying illustrations** show puppies labeled "War Babies" and a woman bending over, likely reinforcing stereotypes about women's proper domestic role versus political ambition. The overall message uses humor to both mock suffrage opponents' fears and subtly critique women's demands for equality as inherently disruptive.
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THE MODERN WOMAN Sey S Suffrage Facts and Fancies By ANNA CADOGAN ETZ } Then Only Will Come Peace ANY a man is asked to vote for ec M woman suffrage and assured by cle the asker that, if women get the vote, then all feminine commotion will d Z cease, and life for men will be one long peace. Mi Let men be duly warned. Not hing could ye Kee st Th tm t be further from the truth. Down in New of e: ey reatmen and, where women have the vote, they ‘he sy as they can be nagging men red For Liquor and Drug Using to let them sit in Parliament. HUNDREDS of men who have lost positions of To escape the ardors of a suffrage campaign T responsibility due to craving for liquor or drugs, by granting the vote may not be exactly nar Ge) have won back confidence after taking the nav like golne { he fri ; he Gre “War Babies” cau ARLES a Keck Teste Ne cxckuamcat, as oomen. Vi e going from the frying pan into the fire, b of mad and body pemreed, Experieoced, Kintly but things bid fair to always be kept fairly is tor physicians, pleasant surroundings. pod hot for men until women get practically. all IRST NATIONAL BANK, a Ws Le crariianties informed to any the rights and privileges for which men have by James Mcntgomery Flag 28, are Batol, MOY. Uaiaon, ass Ere gladly died since the world of human so- aed “WAR BABIES,” by di Pryor eg a dety Began: Will Rannells, are two Judge covers - Dict Oe ang, Pace Pe Wesheke, We The Hall Mark of a Hopeless Hope that our readers have liked very much. us * Paeberth Mae Landon, England VERYTHING is funny about a joke They have been made up into Art to except being one For decades the Prints, mounted on a heavy mat, suffragist was a joke. But it was when she 9x 12, teady for framing. C was leading a forlorn hope. To be re- spectable and ridiculous at the same time Both pictures are printed in full colors, hav can’t be done. exactly as they appeared on the covers me But now the English press is treating of Judge, and they make an attractive spr no less a person than Mrs. Humphrey decoration for any room. Want, ctineuished inovel : ang leasing: Fifty cents brings both the prints, post P apeeuime ss 45 @ Jone in ber cuore te free, or if desired, either will be sold block suffrage for women, That she has Sly loc Bae ben ak reached the funny paragraph ought to separately ’sOn 29¢ apiece, will bring home to her the fact that styles twe pobateg itclare, change even in forlorn hopes, and that con samo 18 days! fee eal eens the erstwhile status of the suffragist is now her own; that she it is, who now is T leading a hopeless hope. woe Not So Sudden wit HY rush so radical a measure on an met unprepared public?” expostulated equ Only $2.50 down brings you the FRR the conservatives when the House of Com- pas brand pew Rex (with 19 veara’ pwar JB : 0 enter) built mons finally passed woman suffrage up to his eke Sees the House of Lords with a record-smashing py majority. “Ts fifty years your idea of sudden?” retorted the — radica' “Haven't we T thrashed it out sixteen tim Haven't we han nine times given it a majority on the second gati reading? Can you name a public qu sixt upon which we have received so many mil eee of petitions and such endless resolutions? FIST RATIONAL eigh And to the public mind being unpre- old pared, Sister Pankhurst attended to that. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK and Whatever the public thought about the so- her called atrocitics of the militants, every 225 Fifth Ave. sixt 9 Lachnite for thought was riveted to the subject of votes NEW YORK vot frre iigea can tel . ; : ; ee Bet eeta for women. No, rushing the season is the Alal bead} one charge that can’t be made against the House of Commons when it took the sex Judge, Art Trine Depart e kc City E jout:iof democracy. Enclosed find 50c (25¢). Please send me“ Babies,” and “First National Bank.” Tha —— Impotent mot WANTED—AN IDEA! WHO CAN THINK OF SOME “Nowadays everything is done by elec- oe simple thing Ne pate mar od Protect yout dens, thay maj y bring Randolph & Co., D.C. : Mo ” Patent Attorneys, Bept. 129, 9, Washington, “Tt can’t put my baby to sleep.