Judge, 1922-04-29 · page 3 of 36
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# Judge Magazine, April 29, 1922 - "Doctor's Orders" This cartoon satirizes a common domestic situation of the era. A doctor, visiting a bedridden woman (likely ill or recovering), informs her she cannot leave the house for a week. The woman's disappointed response reveals the joke's target: she's upset because she'll miss seeing her friend Emily get married—and worse, she's already missed two of Emily's previous weddings and fears she'll miss this one too before Emily marries "again." The humor relies on early 20th-century satire about serial marriage and divorce, which was becoming more socially visible and acceptable among certain classes, though still considered scandalous. The cartoon mocks both the frequency of Emily's marriages and the woman's social anxiety about missing wedding events.
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