Judge, 1926-02-20 · page 26 of 36
Judge — February 20, 1926 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three art print advertisements (left) and satirical content about gender roles and domestic efficiency (right). The **left side** advertises three Raymond Thayer and Enoch Bolles prints: "Some Kidd" (pirate-themed), "Circus Days" (ringmaster), and "Tee for Two" (golf scene)—priced at $1 each or bundled for $2.25. The **right side** mocks the "Upside-Down Club" with humorous nominee sketches, but the main satire is the "Efficiency in the Home" article. It lampoons husbands who criticize wives' housekeeping while demanding their offices run like clockwork. The scenario imagines a wife literally adopting her husband's "efficiency consciousness"—treating home management like corporate operations, complete with memos, stenographers, and meal schedules delivered with mechanical precision. The satire suggests such rigid efficiency would be absurd domestically, implicitly criticizing men who demand perfection from wives while remaining oblivious to the absurdity of their standards.
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All 3 Prints for $2.25 is “SOME KIDD" By Raymonp THavER As classy a little buccaneer as ever a dead man’s chest and sang “Ye ho! and a le of rum A new Arc Print, printed on extra heavy Art Mat size 11 x 14 inches, in four colors, from the plates. Prints will be carefully packed and sent postpaid upon r $1.00 each “CIRCUS DAYS’ By Enoch Bouts A vivid illustration in full color of a most at tractive Ringmaster. Another new Art Print printed on extra heavy Art Mat, size 11 x 14 inches int four colors, from the original plate Prints will be carefully packed ar sent postpaid upon receipt of +$1,00 each “TEE FOR TWO" By RayMonp THaver An. attractive that has caddies. Also a new Art Print, printe heavy Art Mat, size 11 x 14 inches, in fc from the original plates. Prints will be carefully packed and Sent postpaid upon receipt of $1.00 each Judge Art Print Department 627 West 43d Street New York twosome dent: H.R. HL, the Prince of Wales, who is always willing to oblige. Hon, J. G. nated unanimously for presi- dent of the club, if he promises who always upside - down every time company arrive Efficiency in the Home Bre now and then some great big he-man who's been slaving all day from 10 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. in his office, returns home from the club at seven, all tuckered out, to find dinner exactly four minutes late. “The trouble with you women,” he oracularly generalizes, “is that you have noefficiency consciousness. Why you can’t run your homes the wa man runs his office I don’t know.” Some day, somewhere, some woman is going to take one of these hundred percenters at his word and begin running her home as he does his office. If so, this is a scene we may live to see: not to light his pipe. For — Seerctary: | Mr. John Harrison | Dempsey, who only takes a flop when | For Treasurer: Mr. Hank Ford, who has spent the winter testing the ice at his Wayside Dawes nomi- Tun, Mass, near Sudbury, (A comfortably furnished living room, well-lighted, well-heated. Seated at table is Mrs. J. Nordic, reading the morning paper, smoking her morning cigarette. Memorandum pads, pen- cils, telephone, buzzer and other effi- ciency paraphernalia neatly arranged in front of her. Mrs. Nordic presses A smart stenographer ap- pears.) Mrs. Nordic—“Take a memo. ‘To Cook: For to-night’s dinner, at 7 p.m., we'll have the following, in the order named: Olives, celery, Broccoli soup, lamb chops, canned Pellet Brand peas, fried sweets, bread and butter pudding, small coffees. Served for two.’ That'll comicbooks.com