Judge, 1919-03-15 · page 13 of 36
Judge — March 15, 1919 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# "Varying a Honeymoon" - Judge Magazine Satire This story satirizes newlywed domesticity versus bachelor social life. The illustration shows a man (Charley) in military dress being tempted by his friend Billy to abandon married life and attend the glamorous "Fakirs' Ball"—an annual social event featuring fashionable women. The satire mocks Charley's claim that his six-month marriage brings increasing happiness without any desire for outside entertainment or old friendships. Billy pressures him by suggesting that domestic contentment is naive and that even brief social escapades would enhance married life by contrast. The caption references "Billy's Personation of the Quondam Prince" turning "the scene into riot," suggesting Billy's flirtations or wild behavior will disrupt Charley's careful domestic order. The joke targets both smug newlyweds and persistent bachelors trying to reclaim married friends for nightlife—a tension between settling down and remaining socially active that clearly resonated with Judge's readers.
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“Bitty’s Personation or THE Quonpam Prince Turneo tHe Scene Into Ruor.” Varying a Honeymoon By J. A. Watprox Illustration by Lawrence Fettows T was a meeting by chance at the luncheon hour. “Are you going to let marriage make a hermit of you, Charley?” was Billy’s question after greetings. “T like the domestic life,” replied Charley. “Better try it yourself. If you wait much longer nobody worth while will have you. Bachelorhood, old man, is an ideal state up to a certain age. But there is as much that is negative in an old bachelor as there is in an old maid.” “Pish! And tush! You've cut all your old friends, and you don’t know what you're missing. They are ng with commendable patience for the waning of your honeymoon. Your return to reason is past due. Of course the girls will have to wait longer. But you'll come back, all right. They all do.” “Notall. There are model domestic establishments of long standing, and mine is going to continue to be a model.” “Indefinitely ?” “Indefinitely.” “Let’s see: You've been married six months, and still seem happy.” My happiness, in fact, grows.” “With never a yearn for a wider, more expansivelife **A foolish life, you should say. Never a yearn.” Sorry! It seems incredible! Wouldn’t a litue ane by sheer contrast, emphasize your humdrum felicity?” “| doubt it.” “Well, | thought it might. You ought not to let old friendships go by the board altogether. I thought I might induce you—how many men of your acquaint- ance would have to be induced?—to go with me to the Fakirs’ Ball to-night. Think of the girls there! And the fun! What is one evening out of three hundred and sixty-five, assuming that you are to continue in your shell for a ye: “The Fakirs’ Ball, eh?” Charley displayed a spark of interest. “Only happens annually, in case you have for- comicbooks.com