Judge, 1918-08-31 · page 7 of 32
Judge — August 31, 1918 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page **The Cartoon:** Gordon Grant's illustration depicts a woman's conflicted reaction to her husband's rescue from the sea. She stands between a lifeguard holding a rescued man and another woman, embodying "mixed feelings"—the title's joke being that while a wife should be relieved her husband survived, she appears less than thrilled about his return. **The Article:** "Rules for Hot Weather" by Tod Chenevix is humorous pseudo-advice for enduring summer heat. It's satirical—mock-seriously suggesting impractical tips like sleeping all day, wearing minimal clothing, and doubling mouth-sizes to reduce effort. The tone mocks both the insufferable heat and the pretentious "efficiency expert" advice popular in the era. **Historical Context:** This reflects early 20th-century concerns: efficiency movements, the shocking novelty of women in swimwear (referencing Isadora Duncan's freedom in dress), and American anxiety about summer discomfort before air conditioning. The submarine reference suggests WWI-era anxieties. The humor relies on absurdism and gentle social satire typical of Judge's style.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
DRDON GRANT Tue Mixep Feeuincs or a Certain Lavy Wuose Hussanp Has Just Been Rescuep Rules for Hot Weather By Top Cuenevix HERE are no rules for hot weather. Itis too des- potic. Rules could not reach it, for it comes and goes regardless of rhyme, rhythm, or reason. But, happily, there are many rules and regulations for the re- signed and submissive ones who support hot weather, to the end they may be helped and not overwhelmed by it. Here are a few good rules, more-or-less tried out: Be truly efficient. Never make an unnecessary mo- tion. Let every little act go as far as it will. Do not multiply words. Go to bed early and stay there. Con- serve time and strength by frequent baths. They will prevent heat otherwise favored by exercise. Never mind if the hot-water supply gives out. Dress without exertion, using clothing of simplest style, a one-picce suit being ideal. Wear no furs but summer ones. Shoes are optional, particularly now that they cost so little. Though everybody cannot be isadoraduncanized, san- dals are often expedient. The hair may need occasional brushing, but do not run up the thermometer by fretting over baldness or growing thinness of tresses. Who knows that these very processes might not help some toward a better enjoy- ment of the present aspect of our climate? At breakfast, 4 la fourchette, as the French refuse to say, make one trip of the fork to the mouth suffice for two at ordinary times, That is, in order to minimize the outlay of deliberate effort, reduce the number of mouthfuls by doubling the size of each. We forget just what foreign land it was this example of efficiency came from, but it is not original with us. And while it is possible there do live folk who stand in need of this perticular advice, were it not for the extreme heat, we should probably doubt it. Other requirements, too, change in hot weather, since that refuses to make any compromise. Tolerance of air. of darkness, of light, of water—both inside and outside—of bare floors and bare heads—though why some of the misguided should deliberately uncover theirs in the direct line of solar rays is not rationally clear—of prohibition in Maine, mosquitoes in Jersey, of sharks at the seashore, and even of submarines to be caught off our own shores; these and countless other features of the climate in August prompt us to fresh heights of endeavor, provided we can attain them without too big an outlay of thermic excitement and voluntary motor physiology. comicbooks.com