Judge, 1930-02-08 · page 8 of 36
Judge — February 8, 1930 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Page This page contains two satirical cartoons about women and gender roles. The **top cartoon** shows a man claiming a gentleman outside wants to see the man "about a dog"—a euphemism for illicit affairs or improper business. The joke targets men's excuses and deceptions. The **bottom cartoon**, captioned "Fifty million French dressmakers can't be wrong," depicts an elegant woman in a flowing gown surrounded by admiring men in formal attire at what appears to be a social event. The satire mocks both female fashion dependence and male susceptibility to women's appearance—suggesting that fashion (specifically French fashion) manipulates both women and men through vanity. The accompanying poem "What Becomes of Our Missing Girls?" by Ethel Jacobson satirizes women who use their attractiveness and wit to disappear from respectable society, with dark humor about their fates.
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What Becomes of Our Missing Girls? I've stilled forever— Susan Brush Who always coocd, “It's simply lush!” Clothilde would “T hope to shout!" So someone had to Blot her out. Bernice would phone And lisp, “Guess who!” I did what any Man would do. And “Hotsy-totsy !” Screamed Adele: It now describes her Very well. Thus piously rh , le, sir, seh 1 ; I strive apace “ e's a gentleman ide who tw ee yo T here's 2 gentleman outside, sir, who says he wants to see you To make the world about a dog. A better place. —Ertur. Jaconson comicbooks.com