Judge, 1919-11-01 · page 10 of 38
Judge — November 1, 1919 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two distinct satirical pieces from an early 20th-century Judge magazine: **The Drama Sketch** (top): A melodramatic Western scene spoofing popular frontier fiction. It mocks the "caveman" trope—where men compete violently for women's affection—by having the female character (Ruth) cynically manipulate the situation. Her letter reveal shows she's played them all: she married Steve for escape but plans to pay Pete for his role. The satire targets both overwrought romantic drama and naive masculine assumptions about female agency. **"Impressions of the Girls He Meets"** (bottom): A gossip column parodying society pages. It characterizes women primarily through physical appearance and entertainment value—Annabelle's "optical effects," Lucy's "musical product," Eve as decorative spectacle, Gladys as office escapism for businessmen. The final exchange about a wife who merely "listened" to her husband's real estate pitch mocks both marital dynamics and women's supposed intellectual passivity. The satire critiques how men reduce women to ornamental or functional roles.
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Rutu: (Intensely, to Steve, who has strided up to look at her) If you save me from them I'll go with you, do you under- stand? [ll be your woman, yours! Steve: Do you mean it? Rutu: So help me Bob! Get rid of them and I'll go with you, Act quick ng you. I've got a horse. Take me to the magistrate at Eagle’s Gulch and do it straight, according to law.... Tl go, I swear it! I'll leave a note for Jim in the morning to explain—— Back up, Steve; she ain't your’n—yit! We'll her. One round o° Inc high man wins. Shoot! (He places dice and box upon the table. The three men group around sullenly and play; an oath escapes them) s your’n, Pete. (He starts to go) Come on, Steve! (He goes out, Steve and Perr glare menacingly at each other and start to draw pistols. Steve suddenly throws gold coin on the table and offers it to Pete) Sreve: Take that fer her; it’s all I got on me, Leave her tome. (Pere sweeps the money on the floor contemptuously) Gol ding you, we'll fight fer her! (They struggle man to man till Pe overcome and lies helpless. To Rut) Are you ready? “Tue Sounp or Gattorinc Hoors Is Hearp” (Kuri writes a letter to Jit, gathers her belongings, blows out the candle and slowly ex- its; Steve follows. The cur- tain is lowered to indicate the lapse of a few hours. The curtain rises on the same scene the next morning. The sound of galloping hoofs is heard, and Jim rushes in) Ruth! Ruth! Where are you? (He notices the note on the table and reads it aloud) “Dear Jim: You were right; Steve fell for the cave-man stuff after all, and I’ve mar- ried him at last. Tell Pete he did a swell job. I'll pay him the fifty when we get back. Your loving sister, Ruth.” Curtam If a Dramatic Reporter Were to Jot Down His Impres- sions of the Girls He Meets By Eoueno J. Kieren A VNABEL —Diverting and extremely interes ing combination of brains and beauty, with a large assortment of thrilling optical effects. Lucy—Original and vivacious musical product car- rying genuine appeal. Refined features and unusually good lines. ive—Revival of the paradisian spectacle, with a fortune of up-to-date finery, Well gotten up and well worth seeing. Giapys — The bright side of office routine, contrasting favorably with the monotony of mar- ried life. Sparkling solace for the tired business man Skeptical “You do not seem impressed by Brother Sellem’s glowing description of real estate agent.” His Part “What part did wa by L. C. Pauren Why pay Movers Twenty Dollars an hour for this self and only be out the cost 10 of the furniture? you take in the argu- ment with your When you can do it your- wife?” “T listened.”