Judge, 1925-07-25 · page 15 of 36
Judge — July 25, 1925 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces mocking early 20th-century marriage and domestic life: **Top cartoon**: A ship captain explains naming his vessel after a woman—she requires constant maintenance (painting), has loose rigging, and is hard to control. This is a misogynistic joke equating women to poorly-maintained ships. **"Any Man!" section**: Satirizes why men marry difficult women—she's extravagant, unfaithful, disliked by family, but tolerates his self-centeredness. The point: men marry for vanity, not sense. **"And They Come Undone"**: A joke about marriage instability, using "slipknots" as metaphor for easily-dissolved bonds. **"Krazy Kracks"**: Advertising a visor product using a pun about sentence construction. **Bottom cartoon**: Wartime rationing humor—soda crackers are so scarce that boys use them as checkers pieces. References apparent food shortages during WWI era. The page mixes matrimonial cynicism with consumer/wartime messaging typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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Caprain—Wal, I named her that because she’s alluz havin’ to be painted, her topmast is loose, an’ it’s hard to keep any riggiw’ on her! Any Man! His mother disliked her. His sisters tolerated her. His brothers couldn’t “see” her. She was extravagant. She liked other men. But she let him talk about him- self, so he married her. PIS The United States Mint makes it . first. It’s up to you to make it last. And They Come Undone Styles in marriage ties are changing to slipknots daily. “give a sentence with the word Visor” “Visor mother I'd make her stay home.” Answer This One Do they make the docks to fit the ferryboats or do they make the ferry- boats to fit the docks? Interest Joe—There are some things that are better left unsaid. Flo—What are they? Co een “Soda crackers? I'm sorry, mum; the boys are playing checkers with the last pound in stock.” comicbooks.com