Judge, 1925-05-23 · page 9 of 36
Judge — May 23, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Explaining This Judge Magazine Page **Top cartoon ("If the housewife should get the conference habit"):** Satirizes business-conference culture by imagining wives adopting the same pretentious jargon and meeting habits as their husbands. The humor mocks both corporate speak and women's supposed mimicry of masculine professional behavior—a gendered joke typical of 1920s-era satire. **Middle section (Arthur L. Lippmann story):** A dialogue where "Satan" pitches a business slogan to a Chamber of Commerce president. The joke: Satan's slogan "Antagonize" gets adopted everywhere because conflict drives commerce. It's satirizing cutthroat business ethics and capitalism's amoral nature. **"Krazy Kracks":** A jokes section with puns about "antagonize" (containing "ant"). **Bottom cartoon ("Author writing an article on office management"):** Shows a cluttered desk overwhelmed with papers—visual comedy mocking the absurdity of writing about organizational efficiency while working in chaos. The page satirizes 1920s business culture, corporate buzzwords, and the gap between professional ideals and messy reality.
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