Judge, 1923-02-03 · page 4 of 36
Judge — February 3, 1923 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine, February 1, 1923 The main illustration depicts two figures on a checkered floor beneath the motto "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." One wears an elaborate tiered ball gown; the other sports a geometric patterned outfit and holds a balloon. The cartoon likely satirizes 1920s fashion and social customs—the exaggerated silhouettes and theatrical poses mock contemporary flapper culture and changing gender roles during the Jazz Age. The text below contains conversational snippets about courtship and domesticity, including articles like "The Fourteen Points of Courage" and advice columns. These appear to mock earnest self-help literature and relationship guidance popular with young people of the era. The overall page satirizes modern social anxieties and evolving courtship customs of the 1920s.
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Did He Go? A stuDENT of the Oklahoma Univer- £% sity has a girl, Geneva, who lives in the city. neva wrote her beau before Christmas: “Dear Boy, don’t fale to come Sunday night and we'll go to the picture show. Promptly the boy wrote back, “I est. Geneva, there is no such word as ‘fale. i [ae new alled her mistress agi- I jes’ wants yo all to unda’- she said, pointing to a statuette of Venus de Milo, ‘befo’ I stahrts in hyar, that I didn’t knock de arm off’n this hyar monument. It was dat way when I come here.” ae sae Before the head waiter yc times covered with confusion, but this there is no cover charge. tae are some- for “The regimental riding-school _ isn’t proving much of a success.” “Not horses enoug! “Oh, yes, but the pupils are falling off every day.” reed Fanny—Just what me-nots? George At a garlic, are Italian forget- venture I should say The Fourteen Points of Courage by Thomas L. Masson fearlessly qe AYS express your opinion £2 at the time, do not wait. When you speak, speak with the voice of authority quire a voice of authority, saturate yourself with your subject. Do not then stop to consider whether you may be wrong. Do not qualify. what you have said. Do not postpoi You must be ready to meet every situation af the moment. Your ¢, e your strongest weapons. them directly and fearlessly. Never raise your voice. Do not expect immediate results from what kes tin It was the day after Lied would do him the supreme command. Expound. Then stick by Use you say. It Foch told the that they gav r forget your manners. patient listener. Remember that what you are really try- ing to do is to overcome the other fellow’s enerals what hi ignorance If you If it cede every thi fighting yourself, give no quarter , throw up your hands con- What Every Young Girl Should Know WITH WHICH IS COMBINED LESLIE’S WEEKLY Lacked Initiative T am getting tired of Charlie's Ethel wooing. Blanche—Why so? Oh, hi requires so much en St “Are you master in your own home?” “T certainly am!” . “Wife’s away on a visit, eh?” se Mrs. Jay—Son dropped in on his way home. Mr. Jay—Yes? Mrs. Jay—He peramental to ma man. What is way? Mr. ys Mazie is too tem H-m, across the street—the one baby and a market basket— dren clinging to her skirts? Mrs. Jay—Yes? Mr. Jay—Well, mental. ttt woman arrying a two chil Jay see she isn’t” tempera- The young man approached the father of his ‘sweetheart with the request. to marry her. “Can you support a family?” man ask “T the indignant suitor replied “T only asked for the girl.” the old