Judge, 1923-09-01 · page 3 of 36
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# Analysis This Judge magazine page satirizes gender roles through two main elements: **Top cartoon**: A woman on a plank balanced on a seesaw with a crowd below. The caption "If she had been a Puritan!" suggests commentary on women's rights and social expectations—likely referencing contemporary debates about women's suffrage or independence. **Main article**: "Household Management for Men Only" by A.R. Ross ironically presents instructions for male housekeepers. The accompanying cartoon shows angels rejecting a male cook, with the caption mocking his cooking failure on Labor Day. The satire targets gender inversion—the joke being that men performing domestic work is absurd and laughable. This reflects early 20th-century attitudes treating housekeeping as exclusively female work, and mocking any deviation from these norms as ridiculous.
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If she had been a Puritan! ra ~ JUDGE WITH WHICH IS COMBINED LESLIE'S WEEKLY “Life, Liberty « and the pursuit of Happiness” ‘HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT” Instructions N view of the extended operation of women in the political and. social development of other people, to nothing of their taking up business gener- ally, their own and their neighbors’, it will’ become necessary to provide men with a thorough domestic education to render them capable of managing the home and the children. In the stupendous work here presented for the first time, an attempt is made to give men a thorough FOR MEN ONLY by A. R. Ross and Guidance for Male Housekeepers able, for the sake of harmonious condi- tions in the home, to salute the hired girl by a chaste kiss on the brow. (If the hired help is a man this ceremony may be dispensed with.) If there is anything to eat in the ice box, cook it right away and take it upstairs to the wife, being careful not to fall over the cat or drop cigarette ash on the toast. To fry bacon. Purchase the bac borrow a frying pan. Then fry the bacon. When the bacon assumes the appearance and consistency of walnut veneer, drop in the eg It is thought desirable to open the eggs first. When they are beautifully hard and leathery, turn the whole business out on to a plate nicely warmed on the ice box, exercising care not to drop everything on the floor. Such an accident necessitates the use of your sleeves in removing the dust and besides that your sleeves are likely to get greasy. Fur- insight into home [- management, from shining the shoes of the lady head to care of infants and plain cooking. Sup- plementary chapters will be added on darning socks and stockings and the proper way of han- dling a tea-table scandal. In these columns it is proposed to give mere extracts from “Household —Man- agement by \ The work _ itself should be consulted by those for whose benefit it is intended. Extract No.1. On entering the kitchen at 7 A.M. it is desir- AL CY Leader of Heavenly Choir—Why aren't you singing? Union Angel—Nothin’ doin’! 1 This is Labor Day! thermore, the cat may m spring at the and demor: entire confection. To make coffee. Very few persons know how to make coffee properly. We don’t. So we pass on, The best thing is to drink mil e trouble. he ame applies to te and ditto to coc If you haven't got a cow, drink water, which will be found an excellent. substi- tute for milk. To wash baby. Every man should learn how to wash the lovely (Cont, on page 21) young comicbooks.com