Judge, 1920-03-20 · page 29 of 36
Judge — March 20, 1920 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several humorous poems and sketches satirizing early 20th-century courtship and gender roles: **"Ballade on a Theme by Irving Berlin"** parodies Berlin's famous song "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody," listing predictable romantic clichés about women that the speaker claims to have "long held dear." **"Once There Was a Co-Ed"** humorously catalogs the ideal college girl—someone always ready, properly dressed, modest in behavior. The humor lies in listing these impossibly perfect traits as if describing an actual person. **"He Who Hesitates"** presents a sentimental beach scene where a timid man fails to kiss a "nice and good" woman, then regrets his passivity. The moral warns men to be bolder in romance. The large **P.D. Johnson illustration** depicts a crowded street scene—"If They All Got Together To-day"—showing many couples or groups mingling, likely satirizing urban social mixing or some contemporary trend. These pieces collectively mock both sentimental romantic ideals and awkward courtship conventions of the era, with gentle humor rather than biting satire.
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