Judge, 1926-07-17 · page 10 of 36
Judge — July 17, 1926 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis: Judge Magazine Page This page contains multiple satirical pieces targeting 1920s social changes and dating customs. **Top cartoon**: A couple engages in reckless behavior (appearing to operate an airplane or vehicle dangerously) while a man watches disapprovingly. The caption satirizes wives who push husbands toward excitement/danger through "auto-suggestion." **Middle cartoon**: Depicts a woman in revealing clothing while a man looks on. The "Caught At It" caption suggests infidelity or impropriety—a common Judge theme mocking modern romance. **"Grandma Says" column**: An elderly woman nostalgically contrasts old social norms with 1920s behavior—girls now get "filled" (drunk) at dances instead of having chaperoned programs; women no longer leave dinner parties to let men tell stories privately. She laments lost propriety. **Poem "Question"**: Mocking contemporary slang terms: "sheiks" (attractive men) and "shebas" (flapper women). The pseudo-nursery rhyme format satirizes how frivolous and commercialized modern youth culture has become. Overall: Judge ridicules Jazz Age permissiveness, dating freedoms, and the decline of Victorian decorum.
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“oughta get a new sensation out of this, Julie!” Grandma Says— It is stated that a peaceful life Caught At It may be obtained through auto- suggestion. Not if it comes from your wife. pon’r care what they say about the shy and blushing sort of girl, — I guess P'm just more modern than “Loverslept one morning. Eph is, but I still think that our girls have a certain fragrance about them. Eph says it’s Scotch, but I'l be bound it’s Rye. When I was a girl they used to have programs at dances and a boy got his girl's program filled. Now they don't have programs any more, so they get the girls filled instead. I can remember when after a din- ner party we girls would leave the room so the men could tell their stories until one of them 1, all we join the ladies?” Now the girls don’t bother to leave the room. I guess I must be gettin’ old. I can remember when a girl couldn't stick anything but her handkerchief on the window pane to dry. Carroll Carroll “How'd you happen to lose your job as night watchman?” Question Ws are little sheiks made of? Hair oil that’s sticky, And clothes that are tricky. That'swhat littleshieksaremade ot. And what are little shebas made of? Sugar and spice, And everything nice. That's what little shebas are made of. Hvco—Listen, Elsinore, here's a ditty that starts out with a crack about For further details see the New “Those endearing young charms,” whaddaya suppose the feller meant? York Evening Graphic. comicbooks.com