Judge, 1926-10-02 · page 12 of 36
Judge — October 2, 1926 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two satirical pieces mocking early 20th-century American social attitudes. The top cartoon ridicules courtship expectations: a woman rejects a suitor ("Bill") because he naively expected her to live in a small apartment and cook—suggesting women sought financial security and comfortable lifestyles rather than romantic partnership. The lower cartoon and accompanying text parody social-climbing and name-dropping among the wealthy. A narrator gushes about being noticed by the prominent socialite "Mrs. H. Audubon Gilroy-Curtiss"—described as constantly attending bridge games and social events. The narrator finds five minutes of the woman's attention life-changing, having been "lifted" from insignificance. The caption below—about a girl named Tillie finding a nickel and wondering if people want her money or love her—undercuts this, suggesting the narrator's newfound social attention is similarly mercenary. Both pieces satirize materialistic values in American society: women pursuing wealthy men, and social climbers valuing superficial elite attention.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
JUDGE “Whatja turn Bill down for?” “Why the dumb-bell thought I could live in a tiny flat and do my own cooking!” Wonder of Wonders! ESTERDAY my life was drabbly commonplace, but to-day I am as one regenerated. From that of a lonely young girl, my perspective has been broadened to take in the bright- ness of the world about me, and I find it all very good indeed. I have been noticed by Mrs. H. Audubon Gilroy-Curtiss. Think of it! That lady of eminent social fame—she whose photograph has appeared a thousand times in roto- gravure. I am inexpressibly thrilled when I recall the five consecutively wonderful moments which she snatched from a tremendously busy career of bridge, teas, the dansants and week-end gatherings, to converse with me. I have been lifted there- by from the depths of introspective insignificance to a pinnacle of happi- ness heretofore undreamed of. It means much to be noticed by Mrs. H. Audubon Gilroy-Curtiss. The fact which doubly enhances for me the value of those five all-too- = ite ” . oa short moments, that she devoted to “Tillie found a nickel, and now she’s wondering whether they're after me last evening, is that I am her her money or whether they love her for herself alone.” daughter. Marion E. Burns comicbooks.com