Judge, 1919-04-19 · page 6 of 32
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# Club Notions This page satirizes men's club culture and membership dynamics of the early 20th century. The main article by Douglas Malloch critiques various clubmen archetypes: the newly-joined member, those with accounting problems, and those seeking visibility or new recruits. The humor targets social pretension—comparing club membership to opera attendance and poking fun at the difficulty of resigning from clubs ("about twelve months" of mental anguish). The accompanying cartoons illustrate club scenarios: one shows a man fishing (likely representing leisurely club activity), another depicts children with a bell, captioned about swallowing it. These visual jokes reinforce the text's gentle mockery of club life's absurdities and members' behaviors.
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Lawansee Panows Low Visipiuery Mister, Club By Doverrs Matiocn HERE are two men in a club who are not ver I well known—the man who has just joined and the man who has belonged for a long time. The principal duties of a club president are to meet new members and old liabilities. Every once in a while some fellow whose checking account doesn’t balance with the bank rises up and de- mands a business administration. There seems to be some difference between what they say to you to get you to take the office and about you after you do. ‘The man who is behind in his house account thinks that what the club needs is a campaign for new mem- bers. Every man who doesn’t write has an ambition to belong to a press club. Look out for the man who kicks on coming into the game because all the rest of the fellows are sharks. A clubman can tell you all the players on the St. Louis team but he couldn’t name his board of directors to save his life. After getting past the doorman at your friend’s club you are convinced that St. Peter is going to be a comparatively easy proposition. Some men belong to clubs for the same reason that some women like to sit in a box at the opera Resigning from a club is a mental process that gen- erally requires about twelve months. buttos Notions A yood club is one where the word “Mister” has been chased off the premises. It is always a shock when you call at the White House and the President doesn’t seem to recall im- mediately that you were the chairman of the entertain- ment committee. taught Him on the Fly By Josuen O'Cosxon, Naval Air Station, Key Watt, Fla The Jimmy Legs (or assistant master at arms) was show ing his girl around the camp when they came upon a sailor, industriously pitching a ball in practise for the nine. The Jimmy Legs exclaimed: “See that fellow? In another year he will be our best man.” The girl, blushing, cried, “Oh! This is so sudden.” Too Literal By Puaseis Hest, Neral Operating B Now, David, in algebra we alway That is, if you don’t know . Hampton Roads, Va. Instructor (to recruit) use XN as the unknown quantity, what a thing is, you put down X. Recruit—Well, sir, in the examination if I don’t know what the answer is shall T put down X v Wise By Lancer, Joseru A. Mase, 12 POA ABP Soldier (putting feed-bag on his horse)—Do you know that this horse is sure wise? Why, the first time that I put this feed bag on him, he closed his eves and held his breath, thinking that France it was a gas mask! by BON, Saus “Ma, I think baby swallowed that little bell 2” rand s Shall I shake