Judge, 1929-02-02 · page 9 of 36
Judge — February 2, 1929 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two satirical pieces mocking women's superficial understanding of architecture and culture. The main cartoon depicts a man asking another about taking his daughter to a show, with a woman lounging on a sofa in the background—likely referencing concerns about theatrical propriety. The accompanying essay "I Know a Girl" ridicules a woman who claims to appreciate architecture but misunderstands basic terms: she confuses "flying buttress" with an airline steward, thinks "set-backs" are relapses, and believes "girders hold up sox." She romanticizes European cathedrals and writes poetry but lacks genuine comprehension. The lower illustration shows ancient Greek ruins with tourists, captioned "Traveling Realtor—Nice little place in its time—wonder what rent they got for it?" The satire targets early-20th-century women who adopted cultured affectations—architectural and artistic appreciation—without genuine knowledge, treating serious subjects as fashionable accessories rather than serious study.
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JUDGE Cassie 4 BAAD | | \ “You're quite sure this is the sort of show it would he all right for my little girl to see?” I Know a Girl She thinks a flying buttress is a lady steward on an ¢ and that. lis’ ~trans- rine is Pn goyle, but she says) she's simply giddy about architecture. She Says. there's something so solid about it. She should know all about solid things. When I asked her if she could understand a blueprint, she said any color certainly, she could reac print so long as it was She claims her chief joy, when abroad, is wandering through the Cathedral of Rheims. She says she thinks it’s an awfully good name for it bi ise she’s thought of more excellent rhymes in its “quiet piety"—those are her words. Oh, yes! She writes poctry, too. She says architec ture inspires her, that there’ place like a chureh for y concentration. She was about to recite some of her verse when I led her back to architecture. I asked her if she cared for the modern trend in skyserapers and she said she thought they were “cute.” “Too cute for words” was the way she summed it up. She thinks a set-back is are lapse, that girders hold up sox and that a rivet is French for small river. She says she thinks a girl should know all about how a house is built if she ever expects to run one. “You know, just like driving an auto.” She must be a swell housekeeper. And what a chauffeur! —Canrnor, Carroin Travertine Rrartorn—Nice little place in its time—wonder what rent they got for it? comicbooks.com 1 } i i