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This page contains satirical shorts about **marriage and gender relations**, typical of early-20th-century humor. Key themes: **The main cartoon** (top left) shows a military officer firing a cannon at a wedding, captioned as showing "hostilities have commenced"—a joke equating marriage to warfare. **The matrimony section** collects one-liners mocking married life: a boxing instructor wants to "stand punishment" from his wife; husbands must "enjoy" being nagged; marriage is a gamble like buying unseen goods; wives silence husbands with money; women advertise for husbands as if seeking servants. **Social references** include: - "Reno" (Nevada divorce capital) - One-piece bathing suits (then-scandalous fashion) - Women's visible legs in short skirts (the "prodigal calves" joke) - Post-war attitudes toward women's changing roles **The satire's point**: Marriage is presented as mutual entrapment—husbands endure nagging wives; women seek domestic servants disguised as husbands. The humor assumes readers share cynicism about matrimony as inherently antagonistic rather than romantic.

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