Judge, 1923-01-13 · page 4 of 36
Judge — January 13, 1923 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page satirizes marriage dynamics through two vignettes. The top illustration shows a newlywed couple where the husband complains his wife is "only the groom" in their union, while she dominates. The dialogue suggests she controls decisions about making a baby. The main cartoon depicts a wife confronting her husband about his published poetry, which she hasn't acknowledged. A male relative asks if the husband's been "whipped yet," establishing the page's theme: wives as dominant, emasculating figures. The bottom caption jokes that the husband married her to recover alimony money from a previous relationship—presenting marriage as a financial transaction where women manipulate men. The satire reflects early 20th-century anxieties about changing gender roles and female assertiveness in marriage.
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WITH WHICH Is COMBINED LESLIES WEEKLY —_— “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” rPuey had just been married and every- body was still making a fuss when he who ily the groom,” with a rather unsteady gait and a decidedly painful face, wormed his way through the crowd to the minist “Mr. White, there’s a question that’s burdening my mind horribly. Would you be so kind as to answer it?” “Certainly! I shall be delighted!” “TI believe, if I remember right, that you said something, some time to-night about making us one.” “That is true. And the question?” “T would like to know which one.” A fond aunt inquired of her nephew how he was getting along at school. “Have you ever been whipped yet?” she 1 teasingly. t by the kids,” was his prompt “She has not acknowledged my wed- ding . gave her a box of writing paper, too. aia Ripp—What did he realize from the book of poems he had published? Rapp—That he didn’t know how to write poetry. Drawn by Gitnent WILKINSON. “Did the old love come back?” “It wasn’t wholly that. By the time he paid my alimony he had nothing left, so he married me to get his money back.”