Judge, 1917-11-10 · page 23 of 28
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This page satirizes debates about changing gender roles during the women's suffrage era. The column by Anna Cadogan Utz presents three anecdotes mocking anxieties about women's liberation: 1. **"Who Rows the Boat"**: Observes that unmarried men row boats, but married women do—suggesting marriage reverses male authority. The commentary sarcastically questions whether this reflects feminism, female strength, or male weakness. 2. **"New Sex Distinction"**: Reports a city hiring a "policelady" because male officers were too distracted by courting couples ("spooning") to enforce morals. It mockingly asks why men find spooning joyful everywhere, but women find it acceptable only when personally involved. 3. **"The Physician's Generosity"**: A brief joke about a doctor's mistake call. The satire targets contemporary hand-wringing about women's changing social roles and independence. The advertisement for Madame Petrova's films occupies the right column—unrelated to the political content.
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November 10, 1917 THE MODERN WOMAN. Suffrage Facts and Fancies By ANNA CADOGAN ETZ IDGE Who Rows the Boat and Why? “ At summer long I have sat on this point and seen and heard men and women in rowboats,” said a girl invalid recuperating on a small inland lake, “and I can tell every time before I hear a word they say whether or not they are married. If they are not married, the man rows; and if they are married, the woman rows. Now what do you make out of Z that?” e “How interesting!” murmured her com- S, panion. “Why, I remember when, as a ? girl over a quarter of a century ago, I used to ly come here myself and I always rowed the 1 boat, and I can’t truthfully say that I have ever rowed it since. Is it, do you of think, a wave in the sea of feminism? | Does the man row before he is married, just as I did long ago, because he feels that g it is his last chance at the oar? Or, are women getting stronger and men getting > weaker? And then, again, have men after marriage relinquished the oars to women because men no longer desire to row, or because women are irresistibly encroaching? What do you think about it anyway?” And the girl retorted, “I don’t think. It hurts my head. I just notice.” Re Oo - Have We Here a New Sex Distinction? n HE ordinary officer on the beat seems - clad in armor able to resist any appeal Tl from any wrongdoer. But in one little city it has been found not so. He would, in .- fact, cheerfully run-in a “drunk,” or perhaps rid a gambling joint, but the sight of spooners in the park penetrated the weak place in his armor and he sneaked unheed- } ingly by n In despair the city officials turned manlike to “mother,” and to preserve the city it } morals from this particular menace they g put a policelady on the job and ordered her to nip in the bud the flower of spooning e before it had a chance to spread its petals within the city limits, we she do it? yet we know not. But ’ why is it that a man supposedly softens at — i i the sight of spooning and a woman stiffens Mme. Petrova anew Ladies World contributor to adamant? Does man regard it as a joy wherever found and a woman only when You will get double enjoyment time the pictures appear on the TOS OO he esoaal to herself? Is this indeed a sex from seeing Petrova Pictures if screen. Madame Petrova will ustinct ? it i: eC i . « of * . these d w af vies eal you read the story versions in also contribute to this magazine f ate to be found lying about everywhere The Ladies’ World. The a series of helpful articles on y disfigured and out of the ring.” stories are published at thesame dramatic poise and expression. - The Physician's Generosity Petrova Dramas appear in— “I saw the doctor’s motor car stop at your house yesterday. Anything serious?” ? Well, not as bad as it might have E AD RL been. We had not called him. He made 2 mistake and came to the wrong number. et he was very nice about it, and said that TEN CENTS AT ALL NEWSSTANDS ie would charge us only half price for the visit.” comicbooks.com