Judge, 1925-02-28 · page 26 of 36
Judge — February 28, 1925 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects short humorous exchanges from *Judge* magazine (1900-1907), presented as wisdom from fathers and older men about social situations. The jokes reflect early 20th-century attitudes: **Social commentary includes:** - Gender stereotypes ("women are nasty") - Regional prejudice (New Jersey as undesirable) - Class anxieties (a "political job" versus honest work; distinguishing "firmness" from stubbornness) - Courtship etiquette ("don't kiss until formally engaged") - Urban life (streetcar conductors, plumbers, gamblers) **The satire targets** conventional morality, pretension, and hypocrisy—a man tips a conductor a nickel "for the company" (not the worker); a mistress's cook admits her young visitor "runs a gamblin' house." The humor relies on recognizable social types and period-specific class markers that modern readers must decode historically.
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