Judge, 1918-04-13 · page 33 of 36
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This page is primarily **advertising and commentary** rather than political satire. The main article, "A Medico's Horrific Description of the Seven Ages of Woman," is a medical commentary (attributed to Dr. William Brady) that describes women's life stages through a lens of physical and moral decline—from childhood through old age. It reflects early 20th-century medical attitudes about female bodies, emphasizing ailments, physical deterioration, and the dangers of "false modesty." The accompanying James Montgomery Flagg illustration appears to depict these stages visually. The page also contains hotel advertisements, a headache tablet advertisement, and humor pieces ("Such a Monotony," "Eliminating the Undesirables") typical of Judge magazine's light content. The satire here is **unintentional by modern standards**—the "horrific description" reflects genuine medical paternalism of the era rather than mocking it. Modern readers would recognize it as deeply sexist pseudomedical commentary presented as factual health guidance.
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d the said, ne of food ere in full. 1 you € no- dee” g for Is in cover ap- you. | April 13, 1918 ive Minutes from Anywher: Hotel Colonnade Chestnut at 15th Street Philadelphia, Pa. squares from Readi: in heart of the Theatre and Shopping Districts. Rooms $1.50 Up. With Bath, $2.00 Up Three Restaurants —Two Dance Floors Wire Resereations at Our Expense A Medico’s Horrific Description of the Seven Ages of Woman 5 UR old friend W m Shakespeare figured out the seven ages of man in a most satisfactory manner, but he seems to have overlooked woman, and now t woman has come into her own we feel that she careful tabulation. ry, all knees and smiles a plexing pranks and questions, but mostly ques- tions. This is the age when foolish mothers lik tocut baby’s hair, with some vague notion that cutting makes it grow better. And then the bookworm, with sprawling legs and weak pronated ankles, round of shoulder and slumped down in her chair, petulant, emo- tional, forgetful, growing like a weed. The age when spinal curvature, ptosis, flat feet, round shoulders, and divers other habits fasten them- selves upon her because her physical training is neglected. Then the bud prepares to blossom. The age of Latin, physics, tonsils, chums, and incipient tuberculosis. The time when mothers worry or worse; worse if they ply the child with some highly recommended nostrum. 1 the age when intelligent medical counsel is so sorely needed and so seldom sought. Then the mother instinct takes control. To be suppressed by some shameful fault of educa- tion, blotted out forever by the fearful wages of so-called double standard, or to find its happy culmination in maternity. And then the dangerous age, fat and forty, the age of cancer, Bright’s disease, and arterial degeneration. The fishwives once more sit in solemn conc and account for every unto- ward symptom ‘by their famous version of the change. The sheerest nonsense ever conceived, and probably the most harmful to the woman’s By JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG This clever picture, colors, 11% nt prepaid twenty-five cents, DEPARTMENT 225 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK CITY Wall Nuts) =" in full . mounted on a | ready for the jor JUDGE ART PRINT health. The age when false modesty and pro- crastination lead to such unhappy ends. And then the super-mother, grandma, finds herself surprisingly, versed in all the lore of long experience. She vows to be a live one and reli- giously avoid the footsteps of some pestiferous old women she has encountered in her day. A Twenticth Century grandma, the most useful and ornamental bit of bric it is possible to have round the house. ering in time of sickness as a base burner in a grocery, and wise as Solomon in offering when requested her ad- e—a prize in every package. Final tableau, presto, false teeth, new hair, a pair of nine-inch boots, the life of the party. Old woman? Never? They don’t grow old any more. Senility isan ailment limited to the male. You meet plenty of grandmothers everywhere, but nary an old woman nowadays.—Dr. William Brady in the Brooklyn Eagle. Such a Monotony! “‘How’s the show, Kid?” asked Speck of the silk shirt, lopping nonchalantly against the shelf of the box office. “Gee, it’s on the ding-hi!” responded Daphne of the dimples. ‘‘Hones’ t’ Gawd, Speck, it’s the limit! Why, there ain’t but one explosion, three kidnappings, two suicides, a few fights for honor, and an old style train wreck, in the whole six reels! Eliminating the Undesirables Alittle girl who was visiting was given a piece of cocoanut cake and as she began pulling it to pieces, her mother said: “‘Why, Alice, what are you doing?” To which Alice replied: “I’m trying to get the ’ravlin’s out.” “The mission of this paper is to preach the gospel of cheerfulness.” Copyright, 1918, by Lestie-Judge Cony Entered at the Post-otfice at New Yo second-class mail matter Cable address “Judgari Scher: Presdest, Perriton Maxwell, Rollauer, Treasurer. aldron, Literary Editor. at Lawion Mackall Associate Editor. Ose veaneteeanes oe = += 85.00 six months, or 26 numbers- = = +--+ += fa Thirteen weeks- == == = Dl llies Payable in advance or by draft on New York, or by express or re protected by copyright in both ny newsstand, the publishers fact be promptly reported on sill be under obligation if tha card or by letter. mack NUMBERS: Present year, 10 cents per copy; 1917, 10. 916, 20 cents, ete. Postage! {ree i the United States its dependencies and Mex- ico, Te add 56 cents a year for postage; to all orgy ‘countries add 61.00 0 year t undertake to return unsolicited manu- scripts or drawings unless they are accompanied by full postage for that purpose. Advertising Department Offices Brunswick Building - - - New York Fremoot Building => - : > Boston tte Building - - + Chicago ens Building = - + + Seattle Tadge is printed by the Schweinler Press. | 5 Headaches, | Women's Aches anaIlls, 27 YEARS THE ENEMY OF PAIN HEADACHE TABLETS 10¢* 25¢ Re. si od Neuralgias, LaGrippe 2..Colds Rheumatic. SciaticPains Pain! AG ser Where kk our Driggst fer AL Tablets See Manogram ff an the Genuine The Antikamnia Chemical Co..St. Louis The Conclusion All evidence points to the conclusion that practically all golfers flunked arithmetic in the lower grades. WHITE , VALLEY GEMS it squtchia fle file. 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