Judge, 1923-09-01 · page 12 of 36
Judge — September 1, 1923 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# "Hopelessly Out of Date" and Related Comics This page contains three separate satirical pieces from *Judge* magazine: **Main Cartoon**: A woman asks another if she has old-fashioned things at home; the reply "Only mamma" ridicules outdated mothers—likely commenting on generational conflict and rapidly changing social norms in early 20th-century America. **"Theory and Practice"**: A father lectures against giving children toy weapons to promote peace, then immediately tells his son to fight back violently against a bully. The satire exposes hypocrisy in parenting philosophy—the gap between idealistic principles and actual behavior. **Remaining Shorts**: Brief jokes about wives and husbands, shoe-fitting contradictions, and politics reference Congress elections and fashion cycles—all mocking domestic life, consumer culture, and political vacuity common to the era. The overall theme: the disconnect between what people *say* they believe and what they actually *do*—a recurring *Judge* satirical motif about American society's pretensions and contradictions.
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