Judge, 1921-05-21 · page 9 of 32
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# "Scared Off" - Judge Magazine Satire This page's main cartoon depicts a young man trying to propose to a wealthy man's daughter, but the father interrupts repeatedly, assuming the visitor represents one of many creditors. The father lists mounting debts: a tailor's bill for a riding habit, damages from a carriage accident, unpaid Scotch golf clubs, a lawn circus subscription, a milliner's bill of $600, and shoes costing $375. Each time the young man attempts to explain his actual purpose, the father mistakes him for a different creditor. The suitor eventually flees in embarrassment without ever stating his intentions to marry the daughter. **The satire targets** the extravagant spending habits of wealthy young women in the early 1900s—their expensive tastes in clothing, sports equipment, and entertainments created such substantial debts that a potential suitor cannot even gain an audience with the father. The joke suggests that courting a wealthy girl is impossible because her creditors have already monopolized her father's attention and finances.
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Scared Off By Exstert Camesece Hace Las a SIR,” said the young man, wrote to you yesterday about your daughter, I have called, er——" “Ol the old gentleman responded, reaching for a sheaf of papers, “you are the trembling “I-er—l about and man who wants four hundred dollars damages for the greenhe she drove into? Well ‘Why, no! You see ‘My mistake! You are the tailor with whom she had a dispute about her latest riding-habit? will satisfy you 'll——” “No, no, sir! I— “All right, all right! claims she owes one hundred and fifty the one that died? A hundred is all that I will— Not at all, sir; I wrote you——" “I know you did! It was about that outfit of ported Scotch golf clubs, ch? Of cours I'll settle, but three hundred dollars is a Sir, I wanted your daughter to “Subscribe to the Lawn Circus? she'd promised a hundred dollars, so “Listen, sir, please! It is not that.” “Then what are you here for? I tell you plainly that I think your bill for three hundred and seventy-five dollars for shoes is an outrage. I'll not “No, no, it’s not about shoes.” “Well, what in thunder do you want? A fellow was in a while ago about that darned milliner’s bill of six hun- dred dollars, and if there is anything else, 1 don’t know of it. Just what are you after?” “Why, nothing, nothing,” the young man replied hastily, wiping a damp brow and edging toward the door. “I made a mistake. Yes, that’s it! ‘Nother man’s daughter I wanted to sce him about. His initials J. K.—yours C. B atural to make a mistake with names so much alike, but vod joke on me—ha! ha!” When the youth had fled, the old gentleman picked up another paper from his desk. “By gum!” he muttered, idn’t get that young man right at all! I'll bet a dried fig he was the chap who wrote this, saying he was coming around to ask if he could marry my daughter. Now I wonder what in the world made him run off like that without ever saying what he came for?” se Drown by A.B Warnr T New Hrp-Pockrr Car NisH THE REST. OF CouKss I suppose then you are the chap who cial im- good deal for——" Well, she told me that No Visible Shortage “Why, Willie!” exclaimed Ma, “you've been walking too fast for grandpa. You must remember that he is very short of breath.” Short of breath more'n I have.” nothin’; he’s been breathin’ a lot The Magnet This is the time of the year when the sporting editor Joes not need to call * Boy!” more than once, or louder than a whisper. A SM Well, if two hundred Mars for a bull pup— as she gave the order, Notuine You reur- MALL CHARGE SERVED RUT GLASSES AND CARBONIC WATER IS MADE FOR USE OF TABLE AND CHAIRS. The Careful Dresser Expensive dressing did the biz, Her husband quit her with a frown, She's planning now a dress which is Her going-home-to-mother gown, A Multi Biggs—What's Biggler worth? Biglow—Oh, a couple of battleships. Remember the Needle’s Eye? A millionaire is a small body of man entirely surrounded by the difficulty of getting into heaven. L Tn | ODP +hels Drawn by Cuvaren 1. G ING “PARDON ME FOR MENTIONING IT, MY DEAR, BUT YOU'RE SHOW- A GOOD DEAL OF ONE OF YOUR EARS.” comicbooks.com