Judge, 1924-04-12 · page 3 of 36
Judge — April 12, 1924 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# "Judge" Page Analysis This is a satirical commentary on leisure and marriage from what appears to be the 1920s (given the date "APR 19 1924" and fashion styles). **The Main Cartoon ("The Drawback"):** The illustration shows two women departing on a springtime cruise vacation—a popular leisure activity for the wealthy during this era. The poem by Edwin Rutt celebrates carefree travel: Caribbean cruises, dancing, romantic encounters. **The Joke (bottom caption):** The punchline reads: *"It's easy to catch a husband. Yes, but not when you want a divorce."* This reflects contemporary concerns about marriage dissolution and women's legal rights. It satirizes the contradiction that while courtship was simple, obtaining a divorce—even when desired—remained legally difficult and socially stigmatized in the 1920s. The humor targets restrictive divorce laws while acknowledging women's growing independence and desire for travel.
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APR 10 1994 © 018613454 “LIFE LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS" JUDGE Tue DrawBack Sprixorie cruises are the berries if the sas Molls and Dots and Maries Catch the selfsame boat as you and stay the trip; It's the unicorn's pajamas to sail down to the Bahamas Making love to all the flappers on the ship. Get this in your head and file it—at cach shoal and reef and islet There ivliquor that saw light before the war; And at Nassau and Miami you can dance till morning, damme, While the saxophones are moaning on the shore. When you pack your grip and take a two months sojourn in Jamaica You may lie at ease and dream throughout the day: Or on golfing reservations pull the usual gyrations When the mashie and the niblick get in play. And a sun-browned little cutie with a Span- ish type of beauty Might assist one to forget the cares of life; So on Sunday next, not later, Tam off to the equator, (But don’t cheer me— For I've got to take my wife.) Eowiy Rurr. “It’s easy to catch a husband.” “Yes, but not when you want a divorce.” comicbooks.com