Judge, 1921-01-08 · page 7 of 32
Judge — January 8, 1921 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three unrelated pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **Top section:** Poems about misbehaving girls (credited to Bliss Carman and Gelett Burgess), illustrated with a comic strip about children's behavior. The "super-baby-foods" caption suggests satirizing commercial products marketed to parents. **"Magic" story:** A fairy tale parody about Princess Griselda of ancient Nevania. A young court magician named Sapa is condemned for lying. He escapes execution by charming the "plump, bleary-eyed Princess" with romantic flattery about nature reminding him of her body. The satire mocks both rigid legal systems and women's susceptibility to manipulation. **"Motoring" caption:** A brief joke about someone taking a wrong turn while driving—typical humor about automobiles, then still relatively novel. The page reflects early-1900s American satirical humor: poking fun at parenting anxieties, legal rigidity, gender stereotypes, and modern technology.
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Renor Ip YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE SUPER-BABY-FOODS IN THE HOUSE But when she was bad, so the neighbors tell, She was wicked to a fare-you-well! Clang go the cymbals, bong gees the gong, And there’s an end to my little girl song! i Bliss Carman There's a curl upon her forehead, and the heart of her is good, But when she’s in frolic mood With the stir and fret of spring, Why she romps with Mother April and behaves like anything! Gelett Burgessed Ann was a pleasant little girl, And on her forehead grew a curl, And she behaved exceeding well: But now and then she'd get a spell. And stamp her feet and cry _ _ and whoop, And act like any vulgar Goop Magic By N. Brytuios Pacis I ‘ the history of ancient vadia there is no prouder name than that of Griselda the Just. She was a princess who reigned merci y but. fairly always striving to uphold the honor and integrity of her land and to promote the happiness of her people. It is told that her stern sense of justice led her so far, in one instance, as to con demn to death her only sister for the mere utterance of a false- hood A lie was declared a breach of the dignity of the IT 1S NOT SAFE TO HAVE THEM LYING AHOUT people whispered condolence of his fate? But Sapa was brave. He stood defiantly before the throne and waited for judgment. “Speak!” commanded the Princess. “Thou art charged with the loathsome crime of lying. What hast thou to say in thy own defense?” “Only this”: cried young Sapa, smiling confidently, “that I admit my guilt, but declare that the crime was inevitable. 1 was mad with love for thee, O Princess, and knew not what I said. I roamed the fields and woods in search of the balm of forgetfulness, but the young cedars brought to mind the grace- ful slenderness of thy body, and the azure sky mirrored the lim- pid clearness of thine eves. I plead guilty.” Whereupon the plump, bleary-eved Princess established a. new precedent. She set the young magician free. Motoring “What kept you so long “TL tried a short cut.” state. | : | | Is it any wonder, then, that ] when Sapa, the young court Drawn by Caswroan Youns + A. Ge magician, was led before the “ALL ricut! [ apatrr E THANKED THE GUY FOR TrePIN’ ME, BUT L rRosise | won't NEVER Princess ona charge of lying.the po tf AGAIN No More!