Judge, 1917-09-08 · page 9 of 28
Judge — September 8, 1917 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short humor pieces satirizing American domestic life during the WWI era (likely early 1910s, given references to Roosevelt and the Panama Canal's Goethals). **Key satirical themes:** The main cartoon depicts a poor family's meager possessions, captioned about taking "all the things his woman folks thought indispensable"—mocking wives' perceived materialism and domestic priorities. **Text satire focuses on:** - Wives' Red Cross work and canning efforts (patronizing war-effort participation) - Women's interest in Irish independence ("Sinn Feiners")—suggesting women pursue political causes without revolutionary commitment - Marital etiquette pieces mocking husbands' attempts at false gallantry and pseudo-altruism - A final quip about Roosevelt and Goethals (Panama Canal engineers), suggesting husbands blame wives' ailments on the canal's construction The humor reflects contemporary class anxiety and gender tensions—mocking both wives' pretensions to seriousness and husbands' transparent insincerity in domestic relations. The overall tone is gently misogynistic, typical of Judge's target audience: middle-class men.
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If he should take all the things his woman folks thought indispensable. The Season of her Discontent “ys your wife doing any Red Cross work?” asked Commuter of his neighbor as they rode in on the 7:57. “T should say she is. She’s doing her canning, and that makes herabout as red and cross as anything I know of.” Unconverted Neigh bor—Does your wife believe in the Sinn Feiners? Mr. Peck—I think Henrietta feels that she can achieve home rule without any- thing so revolutionary One Chance The Girl—My father died and left me little or nothing. What shall I do? The friend—You might wear it in a musical comedy The Inquisitive Songster HEAR the skylark’s liquid notes Come dropping from the sky. I listen, and they seem to ask, “Well, how is this for high?” Tennyson J. Daft Altruism OUR host’s potato you may take If offer it he durst; ‘Twere kinder, though, to look him up In Dun or Bradstreet, first Should he inquire: “Another leg?” Don’t for the white meat plead; Say rather: “Is't a bird you carve, “Or is't a centipede?” Or, should he call his heiress-wife “Flower of the Family!” Don’t say: “You need, old man—I see!" To Madam Second Venture, sir, Say not, in idle fun, “Baserunners often die at third” It really isn’t done. Suppose you hate to go to church? Still, why not fix it so Your punctured tires excuse will give The wife and girls to go? When wifie bids you carry home A ton of sundries, say “My dear, !'m glad you wed a van “Instead of a mere dray.”” Oh, would these altruistic thoughts Which life with non-skids fill Might not run out, like gasoline, But stick ‘round like the bill! —Albert E. Hoyt. hat’s how you raise the dough Not Guilty of Complicity The doctor—Half our troubles are due to the alimentary canal. She—Well, my husband always was opposed to Roosevelt and Goethals digging it The only person who isn’t afraid of a blonde is another blonde LAMB STEW comicbooks.coay