Judge, 1924-08-02 · page 10 of 37
Judge — August 2, 1924 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains social satire targeting early 20th-century etiquette and gender relations. **Top Cartoon**: A taxi driver confronts a fancy-dressed man (likely returning from a costume ball) demanding three dollars. The driver sarcastically suggests he should charge extra for "driving you to hell"—mocking the passenger's rudeness and cheap tip relative to his obvious wealth. **"Chills and Fever" Poem**: Satirizes the paradox of romance—the speaker's moods never align with his lady's, creating constant friction. **"Queries of an Old-fashioned Young Man"**: Mocks modern social behavior by asking rhetorical questions suggesting crude conduct (talking loudly at theater, arriving drunk to dinner, sleeping at the opera) in mock-serious, French phrases, exposing how these behaviors violate basic courtesy. **"Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to the Tired Business Man"**: The central satire. It humorously proposes protecting overworked businessmen from social obligations—theater spotlights, late nights, forced socializing—and specifically "the tired business woman," implying exhausting modern dating expectations. The overall theme: complaints about changing social norms, particularly regarding courtesy, modernity, and gender dynamics in urban society.
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s’pose you think I oughta drive you to hell for three bucks! \ NN AG Yi Y \ SS SS SS Chills and Fever Ww is it that when I am gay My lady feels the other way And pouts her lips At merry quips And renders blue the day? the entire time guzzling champagne with the butler in the pantry? When being introduced to a young girl, is it au fait to pull my hat over my eyes and leer at her? When taking a lady out to dinner, is it comme il faut to blow cigarette smoke in her face throughout the repast? Is it extremely passé to thank one’s host orthostess for their hospitality? Why is it that when I am grave My lady always seems to crave The drollest pun, The wildest fun, Of her adoring slave? My task is hopeless, I can see. Our moods do never quite agree, Except—it’s sad— When we are mad, And that’s too frequently. Ss. Ss. The Queries of an Old-fashioned Young Man HILE at theater, should I talk at the top of my voice throughout the performance? Is it the fad, when dining out, to arrive an hour late in a state of extreme intoxi- cation? While attending the opera, is it very bad form not to go to sleep? During a dance, is it de rigueur to spend The Optimist—Well, anyhow, Mary, you won’t need to wash the dishes. 8 Suggested: A Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to the Tired Business Man Its Aims Te ABOLISH the practice of throwing a spotlight on the T. B. M. who has paid eleven berries for a seat in the first row, while a peroxide coryphée serenades him. To permit him, after a theater party, to return to his bed before daybreak. To prohibit the manufacture of musical comedies for his benefit. To obviate the necessity of his dining out with people he would much rather never see, To allow him one night a week off. To preserve him from the tired business woman, Raed Why is this called leap year? Because it keeps us old bachelors on the jump. But : "Bou Coin For: comicbooks.com