Judge, 1920-06-05 · page 5 of 36
Judge — June 5, 1920 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine presents satirical "advice to newly married couples" for the "second part" (presumably of the honeymoon or early marriage). The top cartoon shows a well-dressed man instructing a woman on practical domestic matters—likely commenting on the gap between romantic expectations and marital reality. The caption advises collecting shoes, suggesting financial prudence. The main article by Maud Davis Walker offers tongue-in-cheek marriage tips: don't over-romanticize honeymoons, avoid excessive dancing/sports, don't expect wives to adopt family obligations, and manage household expenses carefully. The embedded illustrations humorously depict newlywed disasters. The "Tragedies" and "As Specified" sections list domestic misadventures—spilled ink, failed college attendance, lost pets—with deadpan humor about marriage's mundane disappointments. The satire targets both romantic idealization and practical incompetence in early married life.
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Sac Wer Some Delicate Hints for the Party of the Second Part By Maup Davis Wanker ON'T attach too much importance to the old-fashioned lea of a honeymoon. Take her to the battlefields and remember that a bankbook speaks louder tha Don’t think that become because she is devoted to dancing and sports you must an adept in these arts. Please her hy sticking closely to business and permitting her to tind her partners among the men who do not need a business. Don’t plan upon having a home. Only provincials live in such vulgar places nowadays. Hotels and clubs are for the modern married. Don’t expect your wife to become a member of your fam- ily. It is better form for her to remain almost a stranger to your ‘kith and kin, and to call them “Mr.” and “ Mrs." when they are obliged to meet. Don’t children. Dred that they are much more val and attractive than the best of babies, and lend themselves more up-to. crave Today dogs are being so readily to the moods of the date wife. Don't evenings at home her on her social rounds. She promise to. spend your or to accompany won't have any evenings at home and will not require an escort. An automo: bile and a chauffeur will supply her needs. Don’t expect her to do with less than Mrs. Dash has, and if you » her supremely happy, pro th a little more than Mrs would st vide her don'ts a man may pass through the By o first yea erving 4f married life without serious trouble Hammerriment Marriage is no hammer-thre ing contest,” said a Chi cago jud ital difficulties. No: in hammer-throwing contests, the weight of the hammer is apropos of a cise of md ited to sixteen pounds A Tragedy \ crooked tip in the market The ink spilled on the living-room rug Having to attend the state college instead of To Father To Mother lo Brother the-one of his choice That she can’t have Ned—Prohibition. To Aunt Kate—Th has never come riding To Grandma—That Willie wriggled all during prayer To Sister’s Beau To Sister a Ford lo Un her knight Pheir first quar- rel To the Cook Flannigan ate door the other seen him since To Baby—The tooth he’s cutting As Specified suit begins 10 look a little th s, my tailor guaranteed comicbooks.com