Judge, 1918-08-10 · page 7 of 32
Judge — August 10, 1918 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains multiple unrelated humor pieces typical of the era: **Main Cartoon ("They Took Him at His Word")**: A famous humorist lecturing at Bryn Mawr College jokingly asks skeptics to "stand on their heads." When the third-year gym class literally complies en masse, he flees in panic. The joke: he fears his wife will learn he was surrounded by women in inverted positions showing their legs—potentially scandalous given early 20th-century propriety standards around women's ankles and the "hatpin" violence referenced elsewhere on the page. **Other Jokes**: Brief humor pieces on unrelated topics—insurance restrictions, women's voting improvements, and fashion affectations. **Historical Context**: The hatpin reference and ankle-gazing anxiety reflect genuine 1910s-era anxieties about changing gender dynamics, women's athletics (gym classes), and emerging feminism. The humor trades on marital suspicion and Victorian-era modesty norms now largely obsolete.
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Drawn by Joux Coxacurr “Aw! beat it, Bill! They Took Him at His Word By Terrett Love Hottipay HE famous humorist was delivering a lecture before the girls of Brinymore Colle **All who do not believe that, will please stand on their heads,” he said, after making a very ext gant statement, and waited for the applause which always followed. Instead his audience, which consisted of the third year gym class, in costume, rose as one girl “All ready class leader. “Heels up! But ere the hundred pairs of feminine heels twinkled in the air the lec- turer, his cheeks crimson, had turned and wildly fled. @ You see, he knew the — \ story would leak out and ‘ being a married man, he had had trouble enough try- ing to square himself after an indiscreetly admiring glance at one pair of trim ankles that did not belong in the family. He had no wish to have that trouble, multiplied a hundredfold, repeated. shouted the JukK father, Ch, An’ don’t be a darn fool! Can't you see I'm ha “He placed it in my keeping last night.” ing my French lesson?” Impossible Willis—Have you noticed any effects of the war yet? Gillis—Well, for one thing, the companies who carry my fire, life and accident insurance have added more restrictions to the policies. Willis—They couldn't do that with mine. Gillis—What’s to stop them? Willis—My policies are 100 per cent. restrictions already. —_, A.D. 2917 “Yes, it is plain that woman has improved since she got the vote.” fow’s that?” “Why, now whenever she enters an clevator she removes her hat if gentlemen are present, and they no longer stand in danger of being jabbed in the eyes with all sorts of prepared millinery, including the deadly hatpin.” The Newest Wrinkle *Clarence—Is_ Freddy a good dresser? Meaurice—Why, he even creases his pajamas. comicbooks.com