Judge, 1922-01-28 · page 6 of 36
Judge — January 28, 1922 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains a single illustration by H.M. Rundse depicting a formal dinner party scene, with accompanying dialogue snippets below. The main joke concerns a woman's marital history: one character gossips that "that woman over there has been divorced three times" and speculates about her current male companion being "one of her future husbands." The three captioned vignettes below ("Same Ingredients," "How He Did It," "Extreme Cruelty") appear to be separate satirical takes on divorce and marriage dynamics. They mock the ease of obtaining divorces and suggest marital discord stems from trivial causes—"comic opera" constituents, academic pretension, and casual rudeness toward spouses. The satire targets early-20th-century attitudes about divorce as scandalous yet increasingly common among the wealthy social set.
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Drawn by H. M. Runoie+A. C, She—Just imagine! That woman over there has been divorced three times. | He—Yes, and I hear that the chap with her is one of her future husbands. } SAME INGREDIENTS HOW HE DID IT EXTREME CRUELTY “Now I see they had comic opera in “Prue’s professor certainly isn't “Yes, I had a drink,” Uncle Gil Blas the thirteenth century.” much to look at!” always announces on greeting his wife “How was it constituted?” “No! I wonder how he ever came This leaves her nothing to ask “*Bout the same as now. Gals and to win her?” But it’s a shame to treat a woman madrigals “By degrees, I suppose.” that way 4