Judge, 1922-09-09 · page 7 of 36
Judge — September 9, 1922 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two distinct pieces: **"New House by Orson Lowell"** (left): A satirical architectural floor plan with accompanying cost breakdown. The humor targets the absurdity of home construction expenses—a detailed itemization shows numerous line items for wasteful or redundant work: windows broken by masons then rejected, paint applied multiple times just "to see how it looked," and labor spent on pranks like "time taken out to kid passers-by." The punchline is that despite meticulous accounting, costs still exceed the budget by nearly a dollar ($0.9962 overrun), illustrating the frustration of construction cost overruns and contractor inefficiency—a relatable complaint for early 20th-century homeowners. **"Brogue Will Show by Talbot Timeous"** (right): A brief domestic sketch about class and manners. A wife's inability to maintain refined speech—particularly raising her voice—betrays her lower-class origins despite otherwise conforming to social standards. Her husband despises this "vulgarity." The satire mocks both rigid class consciousness and the performative nature of social respectability in the era.
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