Judge, 1920-02-07 · page 12 of 36
Judge — February 7, 1920 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several short satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"The Advantage of Numbers"** mocks rural attitudes through a farmer's boast that fourteen children are preferable to a small family because they keep themselves occupied—fighting and competing for food at dinner. The satire targets both large families and backwoods speech patterns. **"Eventually"** is a brief joke about a customer entering a drug store seeking clothes, highlighting the era's general stores that sold miscellaneous goods. **"The Music of Words"** uses racial stereotypes common to the period, depicting a Black domestic worker (Sambo) requesting to use the word "portieres" in a sermon because he likes how it sounds. The humor relies on the racist assumption that Black speakers would be unfamiliar with refined vocabulary. **"The Difference"** is a poem contrasting Ceylon (Sri Lanka) women's practical appearance with American women's fashion-consciousness and use of silk stockings, satirizing American materialism and vanity. The cartoon illustration shows two women at a restaurant, discussing a discount for two diners.
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