Judge, 1928-04-07 · page 11 of 36
Judge — April 7, 1928 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Cartoon Analysis This page contains two separate satirical cartoons about marriage and relationships. The **top cartoon** jokes about domestic life: a host offers a guest a homemade cocktail instead of his wife's cooking, implying her food is so bad it's dangerous. This reflects early 20th-century humor about wives' cooking abilities. The **bottom cartoon** satirizes divorce culture. A man named Valeska refuses marriage to her lover, claiming he'd be her *thirteenth husband*—mocking her serial marriages and divorces. The "thirteenth" reference suggests superstition about bad luck, darkly joking that becoming her next husband would be doomed. Both cartoons reflect Judge magazine's satirical commentary on changing social attitudes toward marriage and the emerging phenomenon of divorce becoming more common and socially visible in American society.
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“I'd have had you here for dinner, but my wife's cooking would kill you. try this new cocktail I just made.” yj Divorcer—If you love me, why don’t you want to marry me? “Impossible, Valeska—I'd be your thirteenth husband!” Here, tie vf i 9 comicbooks.com