Judge, 1923-08-11 · page 31 of 36
Judge — August 11, 1923 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge magazine contains several brief satirical jokes about gender relations and marriage, plus an advertisement. The top cartoon depicts a ship's saloon, satirizing how quickly women's financial independence disappears after marriage. The joke: a woman inherits $200,000 to be "independent," but a man marries her within a year so *he* becomes independent instead—mocking men who marry for money. Below are three additional short jokes: - "Fitting": A man constantly looks upward because he's been courting a tower watchman's daughter for three years—the humor lies in the double meaning of "fitting" (appropriate/suitable). - Two brief quips about holidays and New Year's resolutions, satirizing how wives control husbands' leisure time and how people never actually reform. The page primarily showcases advertising for a jewelry credit company offering a "Book of 3000 Bargains" with payment plans. The satire reflects early 20th-century anxieties about marriage, women's property rights, and masculine autonomy—common Judge magazine themes.
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