Judge, 1919-09-27 · page 10 of 36
Judge — September 27, 1919 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several satirical pieces mocking American life circa 1920s: **"De Luxe Market" cartoon**: Two women enter a fancy store; one quips they'll "get robbed together"—satire on inflated prices at upscale shops. **"How It Happened"**: A rural Arkansas man describes visiting a town where chaos erupted (fights, runaways, fire, airplanes)—mocking modern urban life's frenetic pace as dangerous and exhausting. **"The Dream of Abou Ben Adam"**: A man tries convincing an angel he deserves tax exemption through virtue (church, sobriety, gambling abstinence), but fails. When he mentions housekeeping and his wife working, the angel finally approves—satire on how women's labor suddenly became valuable for taxation purposes, likely referencing recent women's suffrage. **"Suffrage Wins"**: A husband now studies politics to discuss intelligently with his wife—mocking how male authority shifted with women's voting rights. The remaining pieces are light humor about dogs and bridge card games.
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* I'm going in here to do my marketing. “So am I, my dear. Let us go in and get robbed to- gether.” How It Happened By Tom P. Morcax ‘ ELL, I'll tell you:” said a citizen of Sandy Mush, Ark., in reply to the inquiry of a neighbor. ‘I was over to Cattawampus yesterday, and inside of two hours there were three fights, two run- aways, a fire, a lady horsewhipping a gent for something or nuther, and a couple of air- planes sailing over the town. And trying to get into the fights, keep out of the runaways, run to the fire, watch the lady, and keep my eyes fixed on the airplanes, I got knocked over four or five times and tromped on con- siderable, and I don’t reckon my neck will work presizely right till the Lord knows when. How them folks in town manage to keep healthy with all that hooraw going on amongst ‘em is more than I can figger out. Burhung, if two hours of that fast living didn’t mighty nigh ruin me! Simple Curves are graceful provided they are not misplaced. The Dream of Abou Ben Adam, Esquire By Fatnyax D, Downey OUNG A. Ben Adam (May his tribe increase— But not too fast—he must pay tax and lease) Awoke one night from dreams of peace and heat And strikes and of how much it costs to eat. He waked and from his mind fled dream and plan, Chased by the whirr of his electric fan. But no, his shoulder felt a lordly pat, And lo! An Angel winged into his flat. “T go to church: I drink no more,” said Ben. “T seldom gamble with my fellow men. The Angel vanished— failed had the attempt. And on his notes was written, “Not Exempt.”” ‘The Angel can e again, Ben said and shook, “You might write down I housekeep and I cook And work all summegzsWifey’s at the shore The Angel sn.iled afid Wrote down, “Man, YOU SCORE!” Suffrage Wins “Making a study of politics, eh? You never took much interest before. “Got to be able to talk intelligently to my wife, haven't 1 now?” Describing It “A quiet wedding, was it not?” asked the able editor of the Tumlinville Torch of Liberty. . “Shore!—quiet and peaccable,” replied Gap Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge, Ark. A Good Provider Of sense my poodle has a heap, He buried bones when bones were cheap. "Twas in the happy long ago And now he digs ‘em up, you know. TED FOR CLassiFicaTion AS Mentauty Unrit She who bids four hearts, because she has four hearts