Judge, 1922-09-30 · page 26 of 36
Judge — September 30, 1922 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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This page celebrates three wealthy American figures as financial titans. "Our Mary" (likely Mary Harriman Rumsey, a wealthy philanthropist and businesswoman) earns praise for combining banking acumen with charm. John J. McGraw, manager of the New York Giants baseball team, is humorously compared to a banker—he "splits" World Series money and has accumulated so many pennants his clubhouse "looks like a bank holiday." Dwight F. Davis, the tennis champion who donated the Davis Cup, is satirized for establishing an "international code of honor" through sport, implicitly contrasted with the failure of the League of Nations to prevent conflict. The satire suggests these wealthy elites use philanthropy and sports as vehicles for financial power and prestige. The recurring "banking" metaphor mocks their ability to profit from and control their respective domains while maintaining public admiration.
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DES Photo by ARNotD GENTHE. O “Our Mary,” whose ease ass banking ability has placed her among the richest women of America, but whose charm in the doing of it has endeared her to so great a number of admirers that she is at the same time one of the richest women in our affections T° John J. McGraw, on whom you can al- ways bank to split the World Series money. John is the Giant who eats seven baseball man- agers every season and has so many pennants to his credit that his clubhouse looks like a bank holiday Photo by Copyright by Eowin Levick, UNDERwooo T° that veteran of the lawn tennis court—Dwight F. Davis, who, when he donated the famous cup that bears his name, banked on establishing an international code of honor such as makes the of Nations look like another World War