Judge, 1922-06-10 · page 7 of 36
Judge — June 10, 1922 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains three separate short comic sketches satirizing early 20th-century domestic life and social conventions. **Main illustration**: Shows a professional model at home with her family and cat. The satire concerns the disconnect between her public persona (smiling for magazine covers nine hours daily) and her private exhaustion—the caption suggests she's worn out from forced cheerfulness. **"Pleasing Neighborhood"**: Jokes that a woman who moved to a new neighborhood had nothing interesting to discuss until the neighbors provided "something to talk about"—implying neighborhood gossip or scandal became her social currency. **"Salvage"**: A boy trades a wholesome Sunday school book from his aunt for adventure pulp stories, satirizing children's rejection of improving literature for entertainment. **"The First Pie"**: Plays on the clichéd joke about brides' failed first pies by having a newlywed deliberately make a lemon pie—subverting expectations and joking about domestic incompetence. The humor targets modeling work, gossip culture, children's reading habits, and marriage stereotypes.
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The home life of the professional model who poses nine hours a day for smiling PLEASING NEIGHBORHOOD “She tells me she’s just delighted with the new neighborhood they moved into last fall.” “Yes, I understand the neighbors gave her something to talk about all winter.” magazine covers. SALVAGE Dr. Primrose—How did you like the Sunday school book your maiden aunt gave you? Willie—It was a dandy. I traded it at the second-hand book store for three Old Sleuth stories. THE FIRST PIE “John, dear, for years the humorists have joked about the bride's first apple pie.” “Yes, dear?” “So my first pie will be a lemon.” And it was. comicbooks.com