Judge, 1928-06-23 · page 11 of 36
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# "Glorifying the June Bridegroom" — Judge Magazine Satire This is a humorous article by Lawton Mackall satirizing the June bridegroom—the groom getting married in June, society's most popular wedding month. The piece mocks the "poor fellow" as deserving sympathy, presenting absurd "practical" wedding gifts and trousseau items. "The Trousseau" section features ridiculous inventions: a waistcoat with a pulldown tobacco-ash pocket, "blinderettes" (blinders) to keep the groom's eyes "on the Straight and Narrow," hinged shoes that fold into pockets, and a "Father Hubbard splashoir" apron for washing dishes. The satire targets gender roles and marital expectations of the 1920s era—specifically the notion that marriage transforms a carefree bachelor into a domesticated, closely-monitored husband. The joke relies on exaggerated "solutions" to the groom's imagined problems: smoking indoors, wandering eyes, and incompetence at housework. It's gentle mockery of both newlyweds and society's expectations for married men.
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