Judge, 1922-05-13 · page 8 of 36
Judge — May 13, 1922 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two distinct satirical pieces: **Top Section:** A romantic dialogue between a courting couple—likely representing young middle-class lovers of the era. The humor derives from their affected, overwrought emotional language and the woman's coy resistance-yet-compliance with the man's advances. It satirizes the theatrical sentimentality of courtship conventions. **Bottom Cartoon:** Shows a "Terrified Householder" confronted by a ghost demanding to reveal where hidden "hootch" (alcohol) is buried. This is a Prohibition-era joke—likely 1920s-1930s. The satire targets Prohibition's absurdity: even the dead can't rest because of hidden liquor. The ghost represents the persistence of drinking culture despite legal bans. **Caption Cartoon:** A man tells his employer he'll "starve to death" on his salary after marriage, asking "who is the lucky girl?"—darkly joking that only a desperate woman would marry someone so poorly paid. All three pieces mock contemporary social concerns: romantic conventions, Prohibition enforcement, and economic anxiety about marriage and wages.
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SHE (drawing her hand away quickly) —Now! HE (grabbing her hand boldly, a if he had a right to it)—Here! Sue (relinquishing it with « sigh, concealing her pleasure)— Well— He (looking suddenly round, as it hearing some one)—Heavens! Sue (startled and frightened, look- ing round)—Somebody? He (still watching behind him doubtfully)—No. SHE (anxiously)—Sure? HE (reassured, and turning back to her, smiling) —Yes. SHE (still looking about doubt fully) —Dangerous. HE (patting her hand lovingly) Delightful. SHE (after a long pause, dreamily- happy)—Talk! He (lazily, patting her hand) What? SHE (yawning, and covering her mouth with one hand)—Anything. HE (eagerl, him)—Real Sue (alarmed at his intimate ap proach)—No! He (still nearer, as if about to kiss her)—You! drawing her neare Terrified Householder—W-w-what ‘ can I d-d-do for you? Spirit—As the former tenant of this house I can’t rest until I've divulged the hiding place of a couple of bottles of hootch. SH (trying to get away from him) No, HE (insistent, his face very near hers, affectionately) —Yes! SHE (pushing him away not too roughly, warningly, shaking her head)—Careful! HE (anxiously, coaxingly) —Why SHE (uncerta sadly) —Because! HE (after they have both laughed, and both relapsed into an intimate long silence, as she strokes his hand lovingly) —Dreamin; SHE (slowly shaking her head) Remembering. He (slowly and softly, nodding, looking at her strangely)—What? SHE (evasively, putting her hand- kerchief to her eyes)—Nothing. He (sympathetically, putting @ curl in place over her ears) —Won dering? Sue (nodding, still rather sadly, as if remembering and hoping)— aly, looking at him HE (very anxiously, with great hesitation, after a pause)—Hoping? SHE (nodding slowly, then much embarrassed, turning away from him)—Little. HE (eagerly, but still ancious)—Me? SHE (after a long, long pause)— Perhaps. HE (still more eagerly) —Nice? (Continued on page 31) “Mr. Bangs, I am about to be married, and on my salary we will starve to death.” “Well, well, who is the lucky girl?” still close to her, comicbooks.com wroen=. ue sp Be aia