Judge, 1922-06-17 · page 6 of 36
Judge — June 17, 1922 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The top cartoon, drawn by Hamilton Williams, depicts a fancy dress ball. A man in military costume confronts organizers, claiming his outfit isn't a disguise—it's his actual wife's costume. The joke plays on period gender anxieties: women wearing "masculine" military dress at social events was apparently scandalous enough to warrant satire about blurred gender presentation. The page also contains several short humorous stories and poems ("Cheap Skates," "Her Omission," "Competition," "Nowadays," "See the Birdie!") that appear to satirize modern domestic life—wives' jealousy over radio sets, doctors' harried schedules, and family dynamics. The lower cartoon by H.J. Holmgren shows a woman at a man's apartment door, presenting herself as having been "strolling by." The humor depends on period assumptions about unmarried women's propriety and reputation.
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Drawn by HAMILTON WILLIAMS Secretary—Look here, Jones, you knew this was to be a fancy dress affair. No regular suits on the floor. The Reveller—D’ y’ mean to tell me you can't see I'm disguised as a woman? This costume is my wife's! Cheap Skates By Katherine Negley ONE time all men instinctively re- moved their hats when a woman entered an elevator, then :they dis- cussed whether it was necessary or not, then with one accord they stopped doing it. Women were getting too numerous in office buildings. Long ago, men arose willingly to give a lady a seat in the street car, especially a pretty one. Then for a time they hid behind their newspapers and could not see ladies stand. Now, they openly glare at them and let them stand, especially the pretty ones who were plainly made for love only, in- stead of the workaday world where they are taking the places of men. But when they need help of any kind, every man of them hires a woman— because they can get them cheaper. THOUGHTLESS, AT LEAST “So Bill Grimsby is now living next to your place at Suburbia? How do you find him as a close-up neighbor?” “Make your own deductions when I tell you that he borrowed my bottle- capping machine, kept it two weeks and returned it with thanks only.” Drawn by H. J. Ho-mGren. “Good evening, Hortense, I was just strolling by your apartment and dropped in to see you.” “Oh! How fortunate! That re- minds me! I'm to expect Bob for the theater in a few minutes.” 4 Her Omission By J. J. O'Connell FIND that love is bitter-sweet, Made up of joy and pain; A little game so hard to beat, Your labor seems in vain. My love declares how good she'll be, The little saint, this Lent; Though for the way she’s treated me She seems not to repent. COMPETITION “How is your new radio set?” “Fine, but my wife is kind of jealous of it. I have a loud speaker.” NOWADAYS Doctor’s Wife—How did things go to-day? Doctor—Had a dandy day; three hundred fellows for prescriptions and a fellow who was sick. SEE THE BIRDIE! Mother (sternly)—Willie, did you see brother kiss the cook? Willie—No, ma! Honest, I didn’t! Brother gave me a nickel for looking the other way!