Judge, 1923-05-12 · page 34 of 36
Judge — May 12, 1923 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This illustrated poem satirizes contrasting social behaviors of young people in the 1920s. The main cartoon depicts a couple at a dance—likely referencing "Flapper Flo," the modern young woman celebrated in the poem's opening. The surrounding vignettes show the hypocrisy of "respectable" society: elderly couples appear virtuous by the fire, yet the poem suggests their conscience should guide them (implying questionable past behavior). Meanwhile, young people openly court and flirt, while older men like the one shown sitting in "solid comfort" sleep through life's opportunities, perhaps representing outdated masculine passivity. The "Modern Sayings" section reinforces 1920s themes—celebrating shapely knees (flappers), automobiles, and spending versus saving, reflecting post-WWI cultural shifts toward female visibility, consumerism, and youth rebellion against Victorian restraint. The satire critiques both generational hypocrisy and changing social mores.
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Sit they here on wintry evenings By the grate fire, side by side; But when sleep the folks so soundly, May their conscience be their guide, Stands the this female o'er campus . _All bedecked in fine array; Stands she there and gaily chat- Sits she home most every eve- Of cerceauniéats: Baile ‘f6e ning— -s two, shee Mthe nice kind, so they Wonders he, with two lead y. 4 nickels, How to bluff the evening through. Tell then not, with smiles and laugh- ter, Of my dance with Flapper Flo; Fell me down, and cracked the marble; No, not awkward, stubbed my toe! Sits he there in solid comfort, Thought dispelled in smoky haze, - And while others make their fortune, Drawn by Witt Guirrin, Northwestern U. Sleeps he through his life’s best days. Modern Sayings i by S. R. Hahn, Denver U. SHAPELY knee is a joy indeed. Cars stop for other reasons besides engine trouble. Hell hath no fury like a farmer shorn. Hitch your flagon to any bar. The bigger they are the harder they bawl. Spend and the world eats with you; save, and you eat your own dill pickles. WE TEACH COMMERCIAL Winners HE winner of Jupce’s Art Trophy, a silver cup, in the College Wits Contest, is R. J. Holmgren, Columbia °24, for his R T clever, artistic and happily con- ceived cover on this number, “A exerenial Art Oreutiation seth || Riding Habit.” World, offers you an unusual opportunity for The Literary Trophy, also a pectic treat besed oon tre ee oe handsome silver cup, is awarded to each year produces and sells to advertisers over | | Northcutt Ely, Stanford °24, for 15,000 commercial drawings. Meyer Both instruc- his fantastic and humorous essay tion is the difference between successful fact and entitled “*Sir Gawaine and the Ath- ‘to men and women. Home study instruction, letic Ogre.” experimental theory. This well paid profeasion equally open Get Facts Before You Enroll in Any School A careful analysis of the contri- er of the leading news butions in this contest'will delay the exrepere is the Cased announcement of the winner of the College Cup until next week. The next number of JuvGE will contain an overflow of the mass of MEYER YER BOTH COMPANY matter accepted from thousands of Michigan Ave. at 20th St., Dept.39CHI text and hundreds of art contribu- Note—To Art and Engraving Firms: pematie fj tical artists among our graduates, Write us. tions. Learn Cartooning “=> At Home—in Your Spare Time = from the school that has trained so many of thesuccessful cartoonistsof today ooraing ! from $50 to $200 and The Landon Picture, Sie meeied, of tencing. ai ithaca Satan J test lity. Please state age. THE LANDON SCHOOL 1483 National Bidg., Clevetand,O, Correspondence Course Comic Art & Caricature Short Cut and Square Deal r illustrated catalog and testi- monials send 6c in stamps. Address ZIM, «Pt: 8 HORSEHEADS, N, Y- ' ’ Write your name plainly. comicbooks.com