Judge, 1923-06-23 · page 4 of 36
Judge — June 23, 1923 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine features a cartoon by Gilbert Wilkinson depicting two fashionably dressed women walking past a bare tree. The main joke concerns marital status and social propriety in early 20th-century America. The caption reads: "Is that Cissie Crane's husband?" / "Not if that's Cissie Crane!" The humor relies on the woman's appearance—she's dressed fashionably but appears disheveled or improper in some way that suggests she's engaged in scandalous behavior or an affair. The joke implies that if this woman is Cissie Crane, then the man accompanying her cannot be her actual husband, suggesting infidelity or impropriety. The surrounding anecdotes about marital quarrels and domestic situations reinforce the magazine's satirical commentary on marriage and social expectations of the era.
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Drawn by GILBERT WILKINSON. “George and I had a terrible quarrel last night over the observance of our Golden Wedding anniverss “That's too bad! How long have you been married ni “Three days.” HIS A New York subscriber informs us that he thinks there seems to be some kind of a phonograph-playing endurance contest on in his block. Friend (meeting Newlywed just out- side hotel dining-room)—Did you have waffles with honey? Newlywed (tenderly tired to get up for bre ste A St. Louis butcher was recently held up and locked in his icebox by bandits. When released by the police an hour later it is said that he was the coolest man in the room. No, she was too ast this morning. “Is that Cissie Crane's husband?” “Not if that’s Cissie Crane!” Portrait of awife: Alady hurrying home at 7 pw. with flushed, bridge prize consisting of a glass va worth seven cents under one arm, and a can of beans under the other. Old Fisherman (scathingly, to neighbor who has shifted his foot twice in the last ive hours)—Now, now! Did ye come out here t’ fish, er t’ make a non-stop dancin’ record? comichooks. Eom!