Judge, 1918-02-16 · page 30 of 36
Judge — February 16, 1918 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **advertisements and light humor** page from Judge during World War I (evident from "We Are Under War Conditions" header and references to "the boys 'Over There'"). The page contains several humorous poems about women: - **"The Recalcitrant Hat"** satirizes a particular female type—the vain, fastidious woman obsessed with adjusting her appearance, constantly fixing her hat. The satire mocks her vanity and deliberate slowness. - **"Woman"** by Benjamin De Casseres offers cynical observations about modern women—they're becoming independent ("gets up and votes"), unreasonable, emotionally contradictory ("woman's No is often only the cork in the champagne bottle"). - **"My Conserving Wife"** celebrates a domestic, modest woman who doesn't demand luxuries during wartime—a patriotic contrast to the frivolous types above. The **underlying social tension**: Judge is caught between mocking "new women" gaining independence while simultaneously praising women who support the war effort through sacrifice and restraint. The ads for sailor-themed prints reinforce patriotic messaging.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Hotel Ansonia We Are Under War 73rd St.—Broadway—74th St., oe e P 7 NEW YORK CITY Conditions’. ’ TIARING 1,400 R SITUATED INTHE you late, remember that the Heave VERY CENTRE OF TOWN, © CONVENIENT TO postal facilities are overtaxed : and the mails are often days ~ Rooms and Bath, late. Please do not be too quick to Ho! $2 50 per day make complaint. We are printing = ° ys and mailing the paper on time. We C ad's For 2 Persons, cannot speed up the mails. When ‘aptain Kid $4.00 per day your paper reaches you, read it care- Visas Manipemery Flare Everybody f fully and then put a stamp on it and Canadian Money Is Accepted at hand it to your postman, who will loves This Hotel Without Discount. : > P a WAS . startit to the boys ‘Over There,” who the sailor GEORGE W. SWEENEY, are always eager for good reading. By Late of Lafayette Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. } Late Victoria Hotel, N. Y. ; Ww ‘ Here are five A oman pictures for Lie The Recalcitrant Hat By Benjamin De Casseres tha Cee WOMAN who is “ahead of her time” has » everybody for} | or By Kennetu L. Rosexrs : ne" i r : . . the same charming manner of missing a 5 p-} they’re all as We HEN Myrtle encounters a window in train as her normal sister. KS fo ? ing * _ town, ‘A reasoning woman is like a thinking rase Telling Ittothe full of snap bar No power can hurry her by: —superfluous Mosinee a She stops to examine the fit of her gown a lays wi 1 - Tai> Sere and tang asa hi With anxious and rigorous eye: Nowadays woman no longer stoops to hin She studies her garments for crease or for conquer—she gets up and votes. _ sea-breeze. Sar speck; Pleasure is a loving-cup whose bottom is lor She gives all her tresses a pat; a sieve. | She pulls down her waist: then she arches her A woman’s No is often only the cork in They are full- neck the champagne bottle of her Yes. 1 . And fixes her hat. To read a woman's diary is to steal tip-toe | color prints I'¥e seen her in front of a window or door into her soul. | 9x12,onheavy Which casts a reflection that’s clear 4 Obstruct passing traffic and calmly explore Cause for Wrath mats ready for Alll visible parts of her gear. By Tost P. Morcas She wiggles her nose till her veil is in place; . pe the frame and _ She twiddles with shoelace or spat; WW HAT got Imogene fussed up so?” asked APresent fromHer they sell at She smoothes out her skirt with her usual the cook in the rapid fire restaurant, Sailor Friend * x grace— referring to the young lady cashier. “It’s a James Montgomery Flage $.25 apiece— And fixes her hat. little early in the day for her to be breathing the five for She powders her nose to eliminate shine: forth fire, smokeand lava. . V She fluffs out the lace at her wrist: Aw, the horse-faced customer that just - She changes a pin and thus straightens a line went out called her ‘my good girl,’” replied Kit Which shows a desire to twist. the waitress. “And she wants it distinctly P cei Her eye is on guard test her petticoat show— understood that she ain’t his or anybody else’s yy lett She always makes certain of that; good girl in that tone of voice!” in y And when she is sure that she’s just thus and den ash Oo My Conserving Wife She fixes her hat. By Jor Coxe ER eyes don’t shine like diamonds, At Gabriel's ultimate trump, Nor glints her golden hair; She'l t for a window, with tremors and But she can trim an Easter hat A Jill for Jack ne ee eee One would be proud to wear. James Montgomery Flags Judge Art For fear that she looks like a frump. Her teeth are not like gleaming pearls, Pri No matter how urgent the summons may be Her lips not cherry red; rint Or how she may tremble thereat, But she has got the baker skinned She'll stop for a moment in order to see « On making home-made bread. a Dept. (And straighten) her hat. % When Judgment Day comes, and my Myrtle Her hands are scarcely lily white, Business Nor are they red and rough; . First alienist—We had better compare But she can wallop any simp i), 225 Fifth notes before the trial begins. eee gun. 4 Avenue Second alienist—Yes, the prisoner may She cannot play the masters well, Nor sing the upper C; be sane. But she can can our garden stuff, } New York Omen, Gago, O 3 ‘And that’s enough for me! a . i War Babies City OnKAst, Sher rpeal tee Wits er GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER Wil Rannelle @ a8 § “Its Purity Has Made It Famous”