Judge — January 3, 1920 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page compiles comedic scenes from contemporary theatrical farces, each illustrating marital mishaps. The sketches mock domestic situations: a wife unconcerned about her husband's injury ("Your wife wouldn't care if I died"), a boy's injured thumb being treated while adults bicker, and a workplace scheme where an ambitious young secretary hires an actress to pose as his wife to manipulate his boss for a raise. The humor relies on early 20th-century theatrical tropes: marital indifference, scheming subordinates, and the chaos of deception unraveling. The final caption's "milk toast" joke suggests the couple will need bland reconciliation after their elaborate ruse fails. These vignettes satirize marriage as fundamentally farcical—a stage where people perform roles, deceive, and bungle rather than genuinely connect. The page showcases how Judge treated matrimony as inherently comedic material for its educated, urban readership.