Judge, 1929-08-10 · page 11 of 36
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two humorous character sketches satirizing gender stereotypes through deliberate misunderstandings: **"I Know a Girl"** mocks women's supposed athletic ignorance. The unnamed woman confuses sports terminology—thinking "water polo" involves sea horses, "bowling" is interior decoration, and "sculling" is an African hunting game. She conflates unrelated activities (pillow fighting with billiards). The satire targets the dismissal of women from serious sports engagement. **"I Know a Man"** reverses this, depicting a husband who mangles traditionally feminine terms. He misinterprets "silk envelopes," "brassiere," "vanishing cream," and French fashion words ("jabot," "Eau de Cologne," "écru," "aigrette") as masculine or nonsensical concepts. He imagines "Yurrup" (Europe) vaguely and suspects milk theft. Both sketches use willful incomprehension as comedy, but the man's confusion seems more absurd—he actively resists understanding female interests. The cartoons likely satirize rigid gender roles and mutual incomprehension between spouses in 1920s-era relationships.
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Serine nk EE Ris aaeameni i Sumer ev ier epaietig t ecleecanion JUDGE I Know a Girl— She thinks water polo is played on sea horses and that cricket is played on the hearth but she's ly interested in the minor prts. She thinks something to do says it must be played by men with bald heads... heads as smooth as pool balls. When I asked her if she en- joyed punting she said no. She said she'd rather sce Babe Ruth clout it out than watch some dull player lay down a safe one. That's the way she is. She has a smattering of everything. She thinks sculling is a game invented by African Head Hunt- ers, that bowls is a game for in- terior decorators and that run- ning is purely a political sport. When I asked her if she was Pool has ha hat and Kelly interested in trap shooting she said she couldn’t see what men saw in the game and besides she couldn't zee the dice to roll the v men do. She says maybe it’s because she can’t snap her fingers right. We got to talking about arch- ery and she told me she pitied people who had trouble with their feet and had to wear those hide- ous health shoes. When I asked if she thought One cab company plans to increase its business by making it a sport—each ring you get is good for a free mile. three-cushion was fun she told me she never found pillow fighting enjoyable, even when she was a child. She says she’s still a child at heart—and I guess she’s right. At least her brain hasn’t developed much since she was six. —Carnott Carrorr (Phoney Phonee)—Sorry, honey, I can’t make dinner—I’'m in on a big deal right now! I Know a Man— (Craving the indulgence and forgiveness of Carroll Carroll.) When his wife said she had just bought half a dozen silk en- velopes he worried for fear the stamps wouldn't stick and the ink would blur when she addressed them, If she talks of buying a new brassiere, he tells her he has an old driver she can have, but that the shaft will have to be short- And when she mentions vanish- ing cream he gets mad, threatens to buy a watchdog and curses guys that are so mean they sneak around stealing milk off people's doorsteps. He thinks jabot is probably a French word for an uppercut or rabbit punch, and when he hears of Eau de Cologne he imagines re talking of a university somewhere over there in Yurrup. He has a vague idea that écru lace is made out of the feathers of one of those funny looking African birds, but when some one mentions aigrette he isn’t sure whether it’s lace-trimmed panties or something that’s served be- tween the salad and the soup. —Cuet Jounson ee | books.com