Judge, 1921-08-20 · page 9 of 36
Judge — August 20, 1921 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three distinct pieces of satire: **Top cartoon** (by René Clark): A visual joke about women's newfound golf participation in "knickers" (knee-length pants). A caddy cannot identify the golfer's gender at a water hazard—the satire targets how women's adoption of practical sportswear blurred traditional gender presentations, confusing observers accustomed to strict dress codes. **"Cluck! Cluck!" poem** (by Julia Boynton Green): A lighthearted piece about Reverend Christopher Clyde raising fowl alongside his pastoral duties, punning on "D.D." (Doctor of Divinity) as "Chicky D.D."—gentle humor about clergy dividing their attention. **"Out-Romaning Romans" sketch**: The satire's sharpest piece. Rural visitors from Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska assume elegantly dressed fellow diners are authentic New Yorkers, while the actual wealthy New Yorker (Van Tuyls) enters wearing casual clothing. The joke mocks both the provincials' assumption that "proper" dress defines sophistication, and by extension, Old Money's indifference to appearances—their true confidence needs no display.
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Drawn by RENE CLARK. Now THAT WOMEN PLAy GOLF IN KNICKERS. “THAT CHAP IS HAVING THE DEVIL OF A TIME AT THAT WATER HAZARD. [8 IT A MAN Oi WOMAN, cappy?” | SAY, SIR, AS I'M A BIT HARD OF HEARIN’.” Cluck! Cluck! By JuLia BOYNTON GREEN Ov pastor, the Rev. Christopher Clyde, Has taken to raising fine fowls on the side-- Brown Leghorns, Buff Orpingtons, Bantams, and “Rocks,” So he ministers now to two sep- arate flocks. An eggspert quite soon he’ll un- doubtedly be. We call him already “The Chicky D.D.” Li Y Cx Out-Romaning Romans ScENE—a New York restaurant. (Enter the Biggses of Pottsville, Kansas, the Bings of Fairport, Iowa, and the Biddles of Hick River, Ne- braska; all dressed up for the city. Mrs. Biccs (to her husband star- ing at the Bings and the Biddles). Look! There’s some typical New Yorkers. Tell by their clothes. Mrs. Bincs (to Mr. Bing staring at the Biggses and the Biddles) : Those people are typical New Yorkers. Wonderful clothes. Mrs. BIDDLE (to Mr. Biddle, both 9 staring at the Biggses and the Bings): You can never mistake real New Yorkers. Clothes tell every time. (Enter the Van Tuyls of New York City wearing any old thing.) Mrs. Biccs: Some folks from our parts I reckon. Mrs. Brincs: Look like home, don’t they? You can tell in a minute. Mrs. BIDDLE: Just fancy dressing like that in New York! Well, I’m glad we know what’s proper to wear in a restaurant like this. Mrs. VAN TuyYL (looking about) : I wonder where al! these vulgar, over- dressed people come from! comicbooks.com