Judge, 1924-10-18 · page 9 of 36
Judge — October 18, 1924 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains several short humor pieces satirizing early 20th-century domestic and social life: **Top Section:** Six identical hats shown as "a husband's impression"—likely mocking wives' expensive hat purchases and suggesting they all look the same despite their cost. **"Funnybones" Jokes:** Brief comedic quips about wires, dating etiquette, and food, plus a dialogue about supporting a daughter's lifestyle—the punchline mocking men unable to afford their wives' expensive tastes. **Bottom Illustration:** Two figures overlooking a landscape at sunset, captioned about "Smithville"—appears to be a sentimental rural scene, possibly contrasting with the urban shopping/consumption jokes above. **Overall Theme:** The page satirizes consumer culture, particularly women's fashion spending and courtship economics, while maintaining gentle domestic humor typical of Judge's middle-class audience. The repeated hat imagery emphasizes wasteful female consumerism—a common complaint in period satire.
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A husband's impression of the last six hats bought by his wife Wires are like cider—the longer you leave them standing around, the more of a kick you get. a Tuadge mill pay $5 for cac Miss De Style—So you were out riding with ‘Titewadde. you passed everything on the road. Miss Gunbusta—You bet; includ- ing eight ice cream parlors and sixty soda fountains. I suppose Diner—These tough. Waiter—Well, suh, dem am wax beans, suh. heans are very tht “Can you support my daughter in the style to which she is accus- tomer No, but [can accustom her to the style in which I can support her.” ott Lt is rumored that Vassar College may soon establish a barber chair Howard—I'm too tired to take vou lo the theater to-night, love. Mrs. Howard—But, John, after I've played bridge hard all the afternoon I think I’m entitled to a little fun in the evening \Funnybones She was only ician daughter, but she h f