Judge, 1922-04-08 · page 31 of 36
Judge — April 8, 1922 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This is a **Judge magazine page** mixing advertising with a humorous short story. The main content is Katherine Negley's satirical story "Reasons That Were No Reasons," which mocks men's contradictory anxieties about courtship. Multiple suitors—Alfred, Wilvan, Ross, Roy, Freddy, Verne, Norman, Franklin, Charles—each **obsess over different reasons why Sarah Etta rejected them**: one worries he was too rich/powerful, another too fastidious, another too boastful. But the joke's punchline is simple: **she simply didn't like them. Period.** The satire exposes male vanity and self-centered thinking—men assume rejection stems from something *they* did wrong, when often romantic attraction simply doesn't exist. It's a critique of misogyny dressed as humor: men think their self-improvement matters, but women's basic preferences are irrelevant to the story. The page also includes advertisements for "Alo Studies" (art photography of nudes) and dog medicines—typical of Judge's mixed commercial content. The Mae Murray photo/caption is unrelated celebrity promotion.
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of its kind in the world! ALO STUDIES 32 Masterpieces of Photographic Art ‘The complete colleétion of the celebrated ALO STUDIES, by Albert Arthur Allen, has been put into a handsome, bound volume. ‘This Art Edition De Luxe contains thirty- two photographic creations of the nude, blending the purity and charm of youth amid luxuriant settings of nature. A copy of this remarkable work, bound in leather, gold stamped, is a valuable ad- dition to the most carefully seleéted library. Order your copy at once, Make yourself familiar with the work of this eminent American artist, Leather Cloth Art Paper cALLEN Arr SvTuDIOS 4106 Broadway, Oakland, California, U. S. A. $4.00 2.00 1.00 reason was that he did not appeal to her in the first place. David regretted that she knew about his money and power. She probably liked ordinary human men better, but Sara Etta had decided against him be- MAE MURRAY Mae your beauty always win, Mae your clothes be ever thin! Mae you show improvement in Mae-king photoplays of sin! Mae-be! Reasons That Were No Reasons By Katherine Negley ALFRED was sorry he had acted like a caveman with Sarah Etta, for he loved her and wanted to marry her; but it really did not make any difference, for she had decided against him at first sight. Wilvan worried because he had been so careful about his grooming, his man- ners and his friends, for he could see when it was too late that Sarah Etta did not like effeminate men; but she had made up her mind about him long before she knew these intimate details. Ross wished he had not flaunted his family, his social connections and his learning, for it was evident she cared nothing for these things; but the real fore she knew who he was. Roy thought she did not care for him because he was so old, Freddy thought he was too young, Verne was sure he was too fat, Norman believed he was too little, and “ Franklin thought he was too bald, but Sarah Etta did not mind any of these things. She simply did not care for one of these men, and that was all. Charles grieved because he had been nice to her while she spent two weeks visiting his sister. He loved Caroline first and always; but, of course, he married Sarah Etta, for she had made up her mind he would the first minute she saw him. 29 It was pretty slippery this morning, so Uncle Henry decided not to take any chances. America’s Pioneer Dog Medicines BOOK ON DOG DISEASES And How to Feed Maile free t address by the H. CLAY GLOVER CO., Inc. 129 West 24th Street, New York