Judge, 1920-06-12 · page 16 of 36
Judge — June 12, 1920 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge satirizes early 20th-century American domestic life and entertainment. The main cartoon "Economy in Husbandry" depicts a landlord negotiating with tenants over rent, with a portrait of a couple on the wall—likely mocking working-class attempts at respectability through cheap domestic décor. The surrounding humor pieces mock servants leaving employment ("Some Of It Left"), wives' housekeeping excuses, and cooks' pretensions. One section ridicules a vaudeville act where a married couple claims to perform about "nothing but the pleasant side of married life"—contemporary audiences would find this absurdly dishonest. The "Technical Criticism" piece jokes about an artist's apple in an "Adam and Eve" painting, noting the apple variety hasn't existed for eighteen months—poking fun at artistic pretension and anachronistic detail. Overall, the page targets working-class aspirations, domestic service turnover, and theatrical humbug through gentle ridicule typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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