Judge, 1918-03-02 · page 7 of 36
Judge — March 2, 1918 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page contains two distinct pieces: **The Cartoon** (top): A uncle-niece dialogue about marriage. The niece announces her engagement to "Billy, the rhymester" (a poet). Uncle Joe advises against marrying a poet who writes "vers librist" (free verse), warning she'll suffer "home-made inspiration"—likely meaning tedious, self-indulgent poetry recitations at home. The joke satirizes both the pretentiousness of early 20th-century poets and the practical concerns about marrying an artistic type. **The Character Sketch** (bottom): "Some People You Have Known" profiles Mrs. I. Alwys Winne, a bridge-playing society woman. The satire is brutal: she's intellectually empty ("brain turns round and round"), neglectful of family, and obsessed with competitive card-playing for prestige and points. The piece mocks social climbers who mistake card-game dominance for actual "social leadership," and suggests her only life goal is accumulating bridge points before death—then she'll "go set good and hard" (relax, having accomplished nothing meaningful).
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Drazon by W. K. Starrett His Pretty Niece—I’ve come to tell you, nunky, that I’m engaged to Billy, after all. Uncre Joe—Billy, the rhymester, ch? marry a vers librist. Foolish, my dear. Then you will escape the terrors of home-made inspiration. If you must marry a poet, Some People You Have Known By H. W. Dee collector in the bridge circles of your city. She is super-robust, with jowls and jewelry to match. Her nose turns up, her lips turn out and her brain turns round and round. Mrs. Winne may be found almost any hour of the day directly opposite the dummy hand at an auction bridge table. She had nothing to do at home. Her chil- dren have already outgrown her and her husband has forgotten her first name. Ruth, her fourteen-year-old daughter, runs the house and arranges the prizes as they are brought home. If you don’t care much for the sport, Mrs. Winne makes an admirable partner. She always gets the bid M* I. ALWYS WINNE is the champion prize anyhow, except when the opponents are new at the game and over-enthusiastic about it. Then she doubles emphatically and scowls at you horrible every time you play a card above a nine spot. Indeed, she kaiserizes everything and everybody in sight at a_ bridge arty. Old Mrs. Winne has no manners and less sense. She aspires to a thing she calls social leadership. In a cer- tain measure she is successful, and to that measure society should be ashamed of itself. She plays cards because she can do nothing else. Her chief ambitionis to make a million in points before she dies. She’ll prob- ably do it, too. Then she is going to go set good and hard. comicbooks.com