Judge, 1922-02-25 · page 6 of 36
Judge — February 25, 1922 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The main cartoon depicts an office scene where a father warns his son about the new secretary's attractiveness, saying he "can't see how you can keep from making love to her all the time." The son responds that it was initially difficult but he's "quit struggling now"—suggesting he's given up resisting temptation. Below are three brief humorous items: "Yankee Doodle à la Reno" jokes about expensive divorce proceedings in Nevada; "The One Subject" presents golf as universally interesting; and "The Literary Bug" satirizes pretentious intellectuals who discuss classics without understanding them. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns: workplace romance, Nevada's liberal divorce laws, and intellectual pretension among the upper classes.
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Drawn by ORSON LoweLt “Son, that new secretary of yours is so deucedly attractive that I don’t see how you can keep from making love to her all the time.” “Well, dad, it was a good deal of a trial at first, but I’ve quit struggling now.” Yankee Doodle a la Reno By Ermon Miland Peck HEN Yankee Toodles left the town By way of Arizony, The costly feather in her hat Was bought with alimony. THE ONE SUBJECT You can believe what some men say except when they get on the subject of golf. A HINT Poet—I am seldom able to hear money rattle in my pocket His Wife—You never will unless you shake yourself. 4 THE LITERARY BUG “Now, girlie, I'll put you among the books, department of classics.” “But I been selling lipsticks and rouge. I don’t know nothing about classics.” “You don’t need to know nothing. Just see that absent-minded gents don’t walk off without their change.”