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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains multiple satirical pieces reflecting early 20th-century American attitudes: **"Self-Preservation"** mocks gender stereotypes by depicting a traveling salesman who fearlessly ignores streetcars, motorcycles, and trucks—but panics when a woman drives. The joke reflects contemporary anxiety about women drivers, portrayed as uniquely dangerous compared to other traffic hazards. **"Perpetual Youth"** satirizes an aging actress trapped playing ingénue roles, unable to transition to dramatic parts. It critiques both the entertainment industry's youth obsession and actresses' limited career options. **"A Married Man's Opinion"** provides political satire: "self-determination" (likely referencing contemporary debates about national autonomy) becomes a joke about marital obedience—wives determine husbands' behavior. **"The Cause of the Trouble"** depicts a boy's strange behavior, blamed on wearing backwards trousers and having an unstable father figure, treating mental health casually as humor. The remaining pieces—"Spring Tips," "Suspicious," and "Good Advice"—offer lighter social commentary on seasonal romance, public transportation, and gender relations typical of the era's Judge humor.

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Drawn by WK "s GOING TO BE GREAT HAVING OUR OWN VEGETABLES, Mary AND EN CASE OF EMERGENCY THERE'S THAT PEDDLER WHO C Stanmerr pf AA Self-Preservation Ry ERNON JONES was a traveling salesman; his work carried him to all the large cities; he aimed the traffic was the sume in them all; and he always followed the same system in crossing their streets, He watched strect cars languidly, for he knew they would stop at the near corner, clang their bell and proc slowly; he eyed the motorcycles nonchalantly, for their drivers could swerve an cighth of an inch and save a pedestrian every time; he walked indifferently by when he saw a truck, for they carried heavy accident insurance; he listened independently when he heard the horn of a limousine, and smiled derisively at the Fords. But when he saw any machine coming, driven by a woman Katuerine Necuey he scooted! Perpetual Youth “All my life I've wanted to do something bi, But the managers ticd me to young-girl parts, always young-girl parts. I'm still playing sweet young things. “But why don’t you try to do something big, something dramatic, tre % “Oh, I'm too old now for anything but an ingénue.” The Lady Blackstone What is a codicil? » Student—It’s the postscript to a will written r mind. 1 Professor 7 whenever you change you All Provided For “My son, you should learn to practice self-restraint.” “That's old stuff, Dad. Don’t you know that the reformers g all the restraining that anybody could possibly are ¢ need? A Married Man's Opinion What is meant by self-determination? Doing everything your wife doesn’t want you to! Rub Dub Spring Tips By Berxary juiteeky Guerney OW do I know it is spring? Who brought me the news? Why—a satyr, with a wink, Tells me things I should not think Sings me songs one should not sing Makes me note the little shoon On small feet blossoming . . . Can one doubt it’s spring? Suspicious Old Lady—What are we stopping here for? Conductor Old Lad, something stron; Water, ma’am. Are you sure it’s not for er than that? The Cause of the Trouble “Well! Well!” surprisedly ejaculated motorist who had halted his car in the big road. “What queer gibberish that little boy is yelling those other chil- dren! I never saw a lad make such re- markable faces and amazing gestures And, as I live, he has his trousers on hind side before! He certainly has a well-developed sense of humor.” “Tt hain’t youmer presizely that’s the matter with the little cuss,” replied Gap Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge, Ark. “It's more like insanity. That’s Gabe Gig 's boy. was born under a—p’tu!—crazy quilt.” OMES TWICE A WEEK.” He An Alliterative Trio Willis—What does the family in the flat above consist of? Mrs. Willis—A snoopy husband, a snappy wife and a snippy daughter, Good Advice The man who isn’t willing to take men as he finds them, had better let women alone. ne 1 wy Drown by ROB. Pocunn The Borrowing Neighbor—Haxe tt, Joxes! Wuy pipn't YOU BLY A DECENT LAWN-MoWER? comicbooks.com