Judge, 1920-09-04 · page 11 of 32
Judge — September 4, 1920 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page Content This page from *Judge* contains several brief humorous vignettes satirizing early 20th-century social conventions and contemporary issues: **"His Plate Was Full"** mocks Leap Year traditions (when women could propose to men) by showing a young man declining a dinner invitation because he's already engaged—deflating romantic expectations. **"Indifference" and "What Cha Mean, Bored?"** satirize social awkwardness and dishonesty in polite company—guests pretending to enjoy themselves while hosts anxiously probe for genuine reactions. **"Persecution"** references Prohibition-era enforcement, with a home brewer being raided by "prohibition sleuths" after serving illegal alcohol. **"Setting People Wrong"** offers cynical advice: people are more interested in disagreement than agreement—challenging someone's opinions captures their attention better than flattery. The bottom cartoon depicts a doctor advising a stressed patient to take up golf for relaxation, which the patient dismissively rejects as unhelpful. Overall, the page uses humor to critique social pretense, legal overreach, and masculine anxieties of the period.
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His Plate Was Full ‘Will you have a chicken?” tenderly asked the Leap Year girl, who had taken Ferdie to dinner. “Er—I thank you,” he blushingly replied. “The 1. But Lam already engaged.” honor is appre Indifference Hokus—He scems like a man utter! to fate. Pok his cigars and neckties. indifferent He is, He even allows his wife to select What Cha Mean, Bored? Hostess—My dear, you do look bored. I do hope you aren’t conceeling the fact that you find it dull. Artless Guest—Oh, no. Quite the contrary Persecution hey are forc this issue down my throat!” protested the home brewer as he swallowed the last Food for Thought of his sour mash special. Then he unlocked the door for the prohibition sleuths, Drawn by Now as Astro Twat Sxio—As tv Sees to THe Novice By Cresent Wooo The Other Side First Infant—I have a terrible time with my parents. ant—So do I. Isn't it disagreeable when they want ONE is the reign of spaghetti; Past the rotisserie’s sway; If I'm to take Nettie or Betty or Letty Second Infi To dine in the latest café to have their own way? We're for a feast 4 la Hindu! This is the tip that will win: Explained Eat what the natives therein « Willie Willis (reading the stock-market page)—Pa, what's Khichuri and curry are in! “short covering”? Papa Willis—Your mother's latest party-dress, my son. Out on the mousse when it’s snowy! Chicken chop-suey’s passé; The Knocker Escorting my Zoe or Flocy or Chloe Chamber of Commerce Speaker—Can you suggest anything I make a Bengal-lery play; that the Chamber of Commerce might do for the town? Let the cuisinical jinn do Voice from Rear—Sure; chloroform it. Peppery marvels that win; Esculent eats a la Hindu- Khichuri and curry arc in! Setting People Wrong 'f ‘The best means of making an impres- sion on an illustrious stranger is to step on the flowing tail of his hobby horse. If you tell him that he is wholly right, he will be mildly interested and will forget you in eight minutes; he has already con- vinced himself on that point. But if you tell him that he is as wrong as Dr. Cook, he will look at you a second time, and after the orchestra had stopped playing, he will lead you out to the shelter of a rubber plant and reason with you. You will have given him the great thrill of conversion. Intim. after you once that run for the liniment. with the great comes only ¢ kicked them on the shins; done, it is easy enough to Drawn by Gauoyen O. Res Reason Why Stuff Howard—Why did Coward divorce Doctor—My DEAR CHAP, YOUR NERVES ARE IN THE WoRST Possinte way, Waar is wife? Th fear aes YOU NEED IS A REST—GET AT YOUR COLF his wife? They say she made him “On, xo, Doc, You'Re ON THE WRONG TRACK. THE REST IDEA MAY BE ALL but she made him tired. RIGHT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW sty GOLF.” n Jay—Tru comichooks.couu)