Judge, 1926-07-17 · page 7 of 36
Judge — July 17, 1926 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page satirizes modern parenting methods of the early 20th century. The main cartoon depicts a museum converted into a nightclub—complete with dancing, cocktails, and entertainment—to attract young people to art and culture. The accompanying article, "Ultra-modern Methods for Ultra-modern Children," mocks permissive parenting that avoids discipline. It criticizes parents who indulge children's whims rather than imposing structure. Examples include a boy refusing orange juice (resolved by hiding it in gin) and a girl avoiding bedtime (solved through hiding candy to discover later). The satire targets both trendy parenting philosophies and institutional attempts to make culture "fun" rather than educational. The joke is that coddling children's natural impulses—rather than teaching obedience—produces spoiled, difficult adults.
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JUDGE EMBRANDT, “ , A HAND / How to get the younger generation into the museums—run them as night clubs—Hostess, dancing, etc. Ultra-modern Methods for Ultra-modern Children ON’T break your little one’s spirit! Don't even crack it. We can give you hints on child- culture that will amaze you—and we are glad to do it. We feel it is a duty we owe to other parents to pass along the results of our experience. « « « For our children are really re- markable. Even the people next door say they have never seen any- thing quite like them. And_ this coming from a neighbor—! You ask eagerly: “What is your secret?” We reply: “Diplomacy in- stead of force. We simply make the rasant for our children to do should. For ins} How often you hear e parents “My Elmer won't take orange juice, and the doctor says he simply must have it!” Our own Elmer was the same: “I won't take the nasty orange juic was his childish way of expressing it. But we fooled him—and yet without even denting his spirit. No old-fashioned perated. harmful method was used. Ours was the result of studying human nature, its likes and dislikes. Re- sult? Elmer has n ver refused to “Seeing Nellie Home” (Modern version) take his orange juice since we first put a generous amount of gin in it. He not only takes it without protest —he even asks for it! What further proof can you need that our method is successful? And Elmer is so cheer ul about it! In fact, he stays cheerful for hours! Another example. Does your little girl rouse the neighborhood with her screams when you suggest her going to bed? She does? Well, this is not necessary, as we have found. Our little Tessie used to make her- self hoarse and the family nearly deaf in her rebellion against bed. You would never guess how we over- this difficulty. Again we studied child nature, its likes and dislikes, particularly the former. And so we hide pieces of Tessie’s favorite candy here and there through her little white bed. What fun for Tessie! You should hear her laugh when she fishes a big chocolate bon- bon out from between the blankets! And now all day long she teases to (Continued on page 21) came comicbooks.com