Judge, 1923-09-01 · page 10 of 36
Judge — September 1, 1923 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humorous comic strip by John Held Jr. about a fashionable urban woman ("one of Held's Belles") visiting a farm. The joke plays on her unfamiliarity with rural life and double entendres: She exhausts an old horse ("Dobbin"), becomes confused during milking, and makes a crude pun at the poultry yard about why men are called "geese." The final panel shows her flirting with a rural man ("the rural Sheik"), suggesting she's more interested in romance than farm work. The satire mocks both urban sophistication and rural naïveté. "Sheik" references the 1920s exotic romantic fantasy. The strip's humor depends on readers understanding farming references and appreciating Held's satirical take on the clash between city and country cultures during the Jazz Age.
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She rejuvenates old Dobbin, who hasn’t been off a slow walk for eight years. One of Held’s Belles travels to the farm and #, knocks it for a loop by John Held, Jr. At milking time she becomes At the poultry yard she finds confused. why a man is called a “goose.” And, oh! How she clicks with the rural Sheik! comicbooks.com