Judge, 1923-03-24 · page 20 of 36
Judge — March 24, 1923 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page presents **humorous observations** supposedly exchanged at a golf club's 10th hole, a common framing device in *Judge* magazine. The content mixes sentimental poetry with satirical quips about contemporary social life. The main illustration shows **a woman and man with a dog**, captioned "A hole in one"—a golf pun playing on the phrase's double meaning (both a golf achievement and a romantic "success"). The text targets familiar subjects: **bachelors** (lacking wives to manage them), **heiresses** (women marrying working-class men for status), **college-educated children** (disappointing their parents), and **flappers** (modern women). There are also jabs at **amateur poets** and generally busy-bodies. The sentimental opening poem contrasts sharply with these cynical, worldly observations—typical of *Judge*'s mix of romance and social satire. The setting (Shawnee Country Club, Pennsylvania) establishes an elite, leisured audience for these jokes about marriage, wealth, and modern morality.
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See Edwin Levick Buckwood Inn, Shawnee Country Club, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa. TOLD AT THE toth HOLE Wine wandering through Areads A certain night in June My love and I together heard \ foolish little tune. It must have come from happy lips, So clear it seemed to rise, And every time I hear it since I sce my true love's eyes. And every time I hear it now I touch my true love's hands And know that somewhere in the world Is one who understands. And when I hear that tune by day, Or as the candles shine, I feel again the eager lips Of my true love on mine. Tt was a foolish little tune As any you could meet, But in my life I'l never hear Another tune as sweet. * * * Great piano players insure their hands. Great poker players don’t have to. * + * Sometimes after taking his first look at his children, home from college, a man wonders how he ever came to marry into such a family. + * * Many persons resemble matches—the light end being the head. * * +* An heiress is any young woman who clopes with a mounted cop, chauffeur or gardener. * * * It is a mistake to think that all lies are miserable. Some are very happy little lies indee * * * A child’s idea of a bride must be that she is a flapper who makes concrete biscuit for the comic sections. The busiest persons on earth are those who have no business of their own. by Walter Trumbull IO SEE one star; Each golfer for St. Patrick's Day To pluck one flower; Would be far more than keen y one bar; Could he then see his course essay ve one hour; The wearin’ of the green. y one § Expect of life? A bachelor is a man who has no one to tell him to wash the shaving soap off his ears. * * ’ Blank verse in the hands of amateur is pretty generally blankety blank verse. A hole in one.