Judge, 1928-06-16 · page 5 of 36
Judge — June 16, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page: "Judge" This page satirizes early 20th-century social attitudes toward divorce and women's roles. The top cartoon mocks a female politician speaking to an audience—a male voice heckles her with "Your baby?"—suggesting society questioned whether women could manage both public life and motherhood. Subsequent vignettes ridicule divorce through exaggerated scenarios: a wife casually seeking divorce while her husband's away, a society leader refusing to invite divorced guests, and a woman claiming collusion to avoid scandalous divorce proceedings. The satire targets multiple targets: women entering politics as unseemly; divorce as increasingly common but socially shameful; and the legal/social absurdities surrounding marital dissolution. The humor relies on readers' assumed disapproval of both female ambition and marital dissolution.
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JUDG Lavy Pourtician—IWhat is home without a@ mother? Mate Voice in Avprence—Your baby! Wifie—Darling, the new sedan is lovely, but you shouldn't be so extravagant. You know we've got to put something by for our divorce. Social Secretary (addressing invitations )—How about asking the Squinchleys? Society Leader—Impossible! 1 can't receive those people—they're queer. Neither of them has ever been divorced! Dropping the Pilot. “Well, let him have wants the worm, any the woman, when her husband got a divorce. “An up-to-date novel? How does it end?” ‘And so they were married, divorced, remarried, and their own lives forever afte d Wire—TI want a divorce! Corp—Well, ma'am, I'll testify there was no collusion! comicbooks.com