Judge, 1925-08-08 · page 8 of 36
Judge — August 8, 1925 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis: Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon**: "The average golfer's idea of his wife's game" depicts a woman playing golf while her husband imagines her as a violent warrior with weapons and explosives. The satire mocks husbands who condescendingly view their wives' interests (golf) as inherently destructive or ridiculous—a commentary on gender attitudes and marital dismissiveness. **"True Love" Section**: This surreal satirical narrative catalogs absurd catastrophes (bombed theaters, train crashes, sabotaged railroads, plague, world war, KKK movements in unexpected places, stolen British traditions) culminating in a man poisoning a lunch room's coffee. His motivation: his girlfriend rejected him. The joke satirizes the disconnect between grandiose global chaos and petty personal grievance—suggesting some men's wounded pride drives destructive behavior. **Bottom Cartoon**: "A cafeteria for women" shows women at a crowded food service with sale signs. It appears to mock women's shopping behavior, stereotyping them as bargain-hunters, though the exact criticism remains unclear. Both pieces reflect 1920s-era attitudes toward gender roles and anxieties about modernization.
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The average golfer’s idea of his wife’s game. True Love SERIES of catastrophes were startling the world. In New York three theaters, the Public Library and five prominent clubs were blown to pieces by cleverly conéealed*inferhal mathines. Many theatergoers, bookworms and prom- inent clubmen lost their lives. Following this The Twentieth Century Limited crashed into Fort Wayne and many business men and Chicagoans paid the supreme pen- alty. Then the California Limited was detailed by a large piece of climate whith had been maliciously placed on its right-of-way. Hun- dreds of future realtors were lost. A whole army cantonment was inoculated with the insidious Heebie- Jeebie Germ, a foreign power seized the opportunity to attack and plunged the entire world in another, and super-world war. Chop Suey was being introduced into China, causing millions of Chinese to die of shame, and the entire supply of caviar had been bought at a prodigious price from the Soviet government. All over the world things were happening. Some one had stolen 1,200 traditions from the British Isles and Earls, Barons and Commoners were slowly dying of broken hearts. You don’t have to be crazy to play PIE N a saxophone—but it helps. ARKeED DESSERTS A cafeteria for women. In Holland the dikes were dyna. mited and the whole country liqui- dated. A Ku Klux Klan movement was started in Palestine and thou- sands were passing out for sheer fright. A Ku Klux Klan movement was started in Ireland and Klans- men were perishing by the score. What could it all mean? All the arms of the law (and a few of ‘the legs) were searching for the demon who was slowly but sur ly wiping out civilized man. One day he was caught in the very act. of putting three pounds of coffee in a cheap lunch room’s coffee urn, which would have caused no end of men to die of surprise. He readily confessed all and said he was prepared to take his medicine. When asked for his motive for in- dulging in the nefarious not to say diabolical work he was at first re- luctant but finally confessed. “T proposed to a girl,” he admitted, “and she told me she would not marry me if I were the last man on earth. I just wanted to find out if she was telling the truth.” Carroll In the Path of Duty “Tl have to look into this,” said the reformer, as he came by a ladies’ private bathing pool. comicbooks.com