Judge, 1921-04-16 · page 8 of 32
Judge — April 16, 1921 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate satirical pieces mocking early 20th-century American social conventions. **"Her Viewpoint"** ridicules Mrs. Gaybird, a woman who argues American democracy is superior because it allows "forty-eight different sets of laws" (one per state)—yet she's been divorced four times, suggesting her confidence in the system is unearned and her judgment poor. **"Nowadays"** briefly satirizes young men using aviation as a pretext to court women, playing on contemporary anxieties about aviation as a daring, morally questionable activity. **"Spring Fever"** mocks a young man's romantic inconsistency: he's rhapsodizing about a new girl, but his father notes this is a *different* girl from the one he championed last fall. The humor depends on recognizing the fickle nature of youthful infatuation. The bottom cartoon (drawn by Charles Sarka) illustrates a joke about Southern hospitality—referencing the famous quote about time between drinks. The overall theme: satirizing American social hypocrisy and romantic/marital folly.
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Her Viewpoint By leene Vas Varwnenn ntelligence or educa- {to MR GAYBIRD was not a woman of tion or perspicacity, but when the conversation ve uence she waxed cloque she cooed. “We are 1 nd shoulders above every other country. We are e feminine i gevernme *Femir already hea truly enlig There was an instant disagreement and a citation of proof Mrs. Gaybird smiled sweetly. “*What government is more benevolent or better adapted to endure than one which furthers its people’s happiness? And what government can better furnish happiness than one which allows forty-eight different sets of laws to suit the different sets of temperaments of its ur laws, tened.” citizen: he others acknowledged that she had won the argument through superior experience. Mrs, Gaybird had just been released, for the fourth time, from the bonds of matrimony. Nowadays young man is heard pleading with a girl yns unknown. it is more than likely that Nowadays when a to fly with him to reg he is merely trying to persuade her to go out to the aviation field. Wife Hub Wife Axp it Has Come Tru Spring Fever By Nevre Parker Jones KNOW she’s the fairest, the sweetest, The dearest co-ed in the land! The daintiest, jauntiest, neatest And loveliest! 1 understand! You think of her waking and sleeping; Your appetite’s leaving you fast Your hearts have both gone from your keepin You're hers and she’s yours till the last. She’s a dear and I truly admire her, And think you have excellent taste; But much as I know you desire her I hope you won't marry in haste But—love at fi nt! That seems funny! You told me about her last Fall, When you gave her your frat pin. Oh, sonny! Why, this isn’t that one at all! Encouraging ‘This has been a day of wonders. by—What makes vou think so? Why, the new cook was pleased with the records of our phonograph! As tue Goversox or Noxtu Carottna saip to tHe Governor or Sout Carouxa: “It's A LONG TIME BETWEEN DRINKS.” comicbooks.com