Judge, 1924-11-29 · page 3 of 12
Judge — November 29, 1924 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains **Aunt Jane's advice column** addressing romantic dilemmas from young women. The illustrated cartoon at top shows a domestic interior, likely illustrating one of the letters. The main advice concerns a young woman torn between a wealthy, cultured older suitor and a poor but honest younger one. Aunt Jane and the columnists (including "Jealous Jennie" and "Whitney Bolton") counsel pragmatism—one suggests ignoring the younger man and focusing on financial security; another sardonically recommends the couple go to a "dark movie theater" to discourage excessive interest. The bottom illustration shows a humorous sci-fi scene of sending a Judge magazine to Mars via rocket, joking about spreading American popular culture. The page satirizes both romantic naivety among young women and early 20th-century materialism in courtship.
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Then we have this case: Dear Aunt Jane: Tam a good looking (I told you they always are) girl of seventeen and in love (See? What did T tell you?) with a bey two years my senior, Until last. week he seemed to return this love. ‘Phen I went to a dance and caught him kissing my best. girl friend. Should I ignore him and try to patch my broken heart? Jealous Jennie Jeatous JENNIE: Think nothing of it, dearie. It is all the rage these days. In fact, as my Deauville correspondent says, it’s the heat. you ignore him? Certainly not! So long as he has the squiddy in his purse, stick to him. What's a kiss shared among friends? If he gets too interested in this best girl friend, so-called, shoot) them both and go to a very dark movie You'll find one to take his No fooling, now, isn’t that the happier and more civilized way of doing things? I thought so, too. Whitney Bolton Host—That chump next door has practically built his h h, Sophisticated: Youth! around his garage! \ modern young man kissed a beautiful: but| modern young girl. Aunt Jane’s Column Trovusiep Bue Eyes: “Tl be frank with you,” he said after e Hell, yes, marry him. Lam not so the embrace was over, “you're not sexious situation confronts. the ; 1 % . 4 sure he is the gentleman you think the first girl I ever kissed, by a long newspaper reading public. For b ema me ' he is, but since he is fifty-seven it years meddlesome old women have 5 3 . . iwen: condiicting» “Advice to ‘the won't make much difference. Your She lit a cigarette. “And I'll be parents object! It is to ‘aw! Lovelorn” columns and as a result equally frank with you,” she replied. every silly little eiel whose John has You i twenty-two and if you wone back on her writes to these Weren't, it would be all right. Take a ‘ Do him, child, and his jack, too. “You've got a great deal to learn, even at that.” —Capper's Weekly oracles for truth and wisdom. they get it? They do not! The truth, if possible, is hidden behind platitudes and the wisdom, if any, is not hidden anywhere. It isn’t there to be hidden. ‘The time has come for some br: womanly woman (vou know the kind Imean. A real womanly woman) to conduct a cohimn of this sort in truth and veracity. My idea of it is this: Dear Aunt Jane: I am a good looking girl (they always are), twenty-two years old. Tam in love (funny, but it’s chronic) with a gentleman, thirty-five years my senior. He is wealthy, cultured and treats me with respect. My family objects to the difference in our ages, however, and refuse to allow me to marry him, Should I marry him a anyhow How to reach Mars. Put a few copies of evar: ina rocket and shoot it up Troubled Blue Eyes to Mars, if there is any life up there we'll catch their chuckles over the radio. comicbooks.com