Judge, 1920-10-16 · page 9 of 32
Judge — October 16, 1920 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page Content This page contains several satirical pieces reflecting 1920s American social attitudes: **"A Modern Craft"** celebrates a woman commanding a ship—but the twist is she's actually just the captain's wife whose young son now commands the vessel. It humorously inverts traditional gender and authority roles. **"The New Triangle"** satirizes modern marriage anxieties. A wife deliberately gives her husband money to lunch with a younger woman, believing this will make the woman less threatening. The "triangle" (love affair tension) is defused through monetary control—a joke about wives wielding financial power. **"Tough Luck"** mocks American Prohibition era diplomacy: foreign officials avoid serving alcohol to U.S. delegations, mistakenly believing Americans oppose drinking. **"Just Poles and Poles"** (cartoon): depicts chaotic driving instruction, likely poking fun at wives learning to drive—a new phenomenon in the 1920s. **"Red-Letter Days in Bobby's Calendar"** nostalgically lists childhood milestones, contrasted with **"The Present Day,"** which complains modernization has eliminated authentic experience—no dangerous dogs, no domestic women, even bootleg alcohol ("home brew") disappoints.
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A Modern Craft By Mary Starseck HE® rigging is just what a rig should be, All first-class and taut and trim, Anchors and cables to hold her fast, And never a fault with the glim: She’s fitted out for a long. long voy: Her slender masts have a rakish air; Her sails bent on with a proper set, She's a gallant ship and fair. She's clipper-built for a life-long run, As staunch as a ship can be; She’s ready to weather a howling gale, Or slip through a rippling sea “Do f command this clipper grand?” Well, no, my man—and I never did. I'm only her husband—that is, first mate; But the Captain now is our kid! The New Triangle HE is lunching with friends at an exclusive hotel. With well-bred nonchalance, her gaze sweeps the great dining-room. Ah... at last! There he hidden by palms. Her husband! And with whom is he lunching? Who is the young woman, plainly out of her element, who is listening to his earnest conversation? Ah, they have furtively clasped hands across the table. The watching wife smiles victoriously. The young woman controls a thousand votes and the wife has given her husband twenty-five dollars to take her to lunch. ata table, half- Tough Luck “Official delegations abroad are having a sad experience.” “How so?” “Why, foreigners think we are opposed to liquor and are careful not to offer ‘em any.” Drven by SB. Watcen Just Potes ann Potes WHEN TEACHING YOUR WIFE TO DRIVE, DID YOU EVER HAVE THIS 1: PRESSION ON A PERFECTLY DESERTED HIGHWAY? Drawn by S. Devevaste a lp Rents Keer ox Soartne to Tae Sxies Red-Letter Days in Bobby’s Calendar \ HEN he traded his old cap pistol for an almost perfect knife. When Mother made fudge in the morning, and three sep- arate and distinct relatives brought him candy in the after noon, and it wasn’t a birthday or anything. When he established a newspaper route. When the bicycle for which he had saved up for two ived. A\ folks said he might keep it The Present Day “This is the most unnatural and artificial age the world has ever seen.” complained Jimmie “Our dogs do not bite; our cats do not scratch; our women are not domestic; electric fans keep us cool in summer and steam heat keeps us warm in winter; there is no kick in home brew; the profi teers prevent us from having enough to eat and wear, and the landlords prevent us from being properly housed. while we live; and when we die, the mediums bring us back.” It Would Seem So Harry—Are the strikers willing to compromise? Hugh—Ves, indecd—it all their demands are granted! comicbooks.com