Judge, 1926-12-18 · page 10 of 36
Judge — December 18, 1926 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire Analysis This page satirizes the "evolution" of courtship across historical eras. The main article, "The Growth and Development of Sentiment," traces romantic pursuit from prehistoric times to the "Gay Nineties" (1890s). The progression mocks changing social conventions: prehistoric man uses brute force (clubbing); medieval knights prove worth through chivalric deeds; Victorian poets deploy endless sonnets; Gay Nineties suitors offer chocolates and secure stable employment; modern college men use crude slang ("shellac"—likely slang for alcohol during Prohibition era) and demand quick marriage. The satire suggests that despite civilization's veneer of "development," courtship remains fundamentally transactional. Modern courtship appears most cynical—the woman demands proof of income, the man uses crude pickup lines, and marriage happens almost as an afterthought. The scattered jokes below mock marital discontent and dated gender relations typical of the era's humor. The snowman cartoon illustrates a husband's domestic exasperation.
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CONQUERS L 4A of va ALL THINGS.” The Growth and Develop- ment of Sentiment REHISTORIC man woos prehis- toric maid. Prehistoric maid does not return his love. Prehis- toric man clouts her over the head with a club. Prehistoric maid is thrilled. Wedding bells. Medieval knight woos beautiful princess. She insists that he prove his mettle. Wearing her colors, he sallies forth to the jousts and wins the championship on points. He re- turns with her victorious colors and on bended knees asks for her hand. Another job for the ministe Victorian poet dedicates 3,826 sonnets to his lady love who reads | them all with a heaving bosom, and | if allows him to kiss her hand. Poet a 's another bottle of liquor and \ 2,868 additional sonnets. His y’s heart melts and he is permitted Lo to kiss her alabaster brow. Wedding ) march, please—da, dum. de, dum. Ardent young swain in Gay Nine- ties besieges his well-fortified female with boxes of chocolates and bou- | quets of flowers. She is reluctant to marry him until his income is ample for two. He secures a good job in |) | 4 a bicycle factory at eighteen dollars | a week and they move into a_nice house with iron dogs and deer on the | lawn. | Young college man meets a beau- | tiful Sheba at a fraternity dance. “How about a gulp of shellac, — | Cleopatra?” “Produce Exhibit A, big boy.” Gulp! Gulp! “Say, he-man, didn’t you shave this morning? Your cheek feels like a barbed wire fenc 'd like to see you in a kitchen- \ ette, baby. Let's get hitched.” “Okay with me.” “Where's the justice of the peace?” That'll be all for to-day, Cupid. Hugh Wood tae ABC—Why do those two old Scotchmen look so sad? X¥Z—They just recalled the fact | \/ that they spent their youth together. | Rll L It’s rather flimsy grounds when a man seeks to divorce his wife be- L cause of the way she dresses, i “Well, stubborn—if you won't come in the housh—wear my overcoat.” { comicbooks.com