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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The central cartoon titled "QUICK PROMOTION" depicts a military scene where a large soldier in a long coat appears to be harassing or threatening a smaller figure. The caption reads: "CALLAHAN (nervously, on landing)—'Well, well! look at that, now. They only four years in the country an' already a citizen an' th' Unity States army!'" This satirizes rapid naturalization and military service among recent immigrants in America. The joke targets the perception that foreign-born individuals were advancing quickly through military ranks despite minimal time in the country. The cartoon critiques both immigrant integration and the U.S. Army's promotional practices, suggesting concern about who held positions of authority over native-born soldiers. The humor relies on class and ethnic stereotyping typical of early 20th-century American satire.
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JUDGE PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK. W. J. Anwent Brexnach Guta 1.'M. Guacowy Publither are Eaitor’: TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. One copy, one year. or s2 numbers, $4.00 One copy, six months, or sé numbers, . 2.00 One copy, for 13 weeks, ‘ ‘Single copies. 10 cents each, FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS —To all for cign countries in the postal union, Ss rear. THe Juno Pustisnina Company (Porrer Boivinc), Park Row, New York U9 We guarantee advertivers a larger circulation at cheaper rates than any aye Strand, London L'Opera, Paris, and at Brentane's, CHARGE of the four hundred a cork, TF WOULD appear that where the McAllister sits is the foot of the table, F SOME, New York paper would say it had a boom in its circulation how odd that would be! BO’ LINCOLN doesn’t want office, and that is one first-rate reason why he should have aflice HIS administration parted lan, Perry Belm @ as nearly in the middle as his hair is. ROVER on Look not up- the wine whe costs less than six de bottle. — Med Mister THESE CENTENNIALS come too frequently, If there is another of them we shall have another great civil HE WIRES are not to go underground, Oh, dear, no! The law has conferred that burial on the dignity of the metropolis. LEVELAND having been made a warrior in Tammany, it can hardly be said that anybody can love him for the friends he has ac- quired. CALLAMAN (rererently, on landing)— 9% foor years in th’ counthry an’ gine TIS SPLENDID that Gladstone lived to lament the departure of right. Nothing could be better, unless, perhaps, Bright might be resurrected to culogize the departed Gladstone, JULANGER ge as ri ng to Corsica for recreation and recuperation is half culous as the French government's fear of and frequent retire ment of Boulanger, [F THLE SON of a president lives in the white-house he is a hai and a nonentity, and if he goes into business he is using his father's position to help himself along. After all, it ought to be conceded that the son of a president has the average right to live, JOHN BRIGHT was in sympathy with all manner of suffering, and especially with the people whom the hereditary principle doesn’t el vate to the position of wealthy beggars. It would be better for England if more of her people had that article of Bright's disease. TIS THOUGHT that Murat Halstead will spend most of his time for some years in thumping the senate, Well, that is free speech and free muscle without the gloves ; but it is the golden rule in the senate, as with .arshal, to thump after the manner that you have been thumped, QUICK PROMOTION. I av th’ Unjty Shtates ar-rmy THE SWEET SIXTEEN. HIS NUMBER begins volume 16 of the Jun by the paper is familiar to all. are full of it... The press of the country recognizes it in our circulation durin cedented in the history of the humorous press. lishment will be in its new home at Sixteenth street and Fifth avenue, where its facilities will be greatly enlarged and greater satisfaction, if possible, will be given its millions of readers. ‘The progress made ‘The news-stands tell it, ‘The mails ‘The vast advance and since the late campaign is’certainly unpre- In a few days the estab- PROGRESS, R PRYOR says the tariff question has disrupted the solid south. Let us hope so, ‘The south thought it was big enough, nearly thirty years ay itself, That was shown to be a fallacy ; and now if it wants a union of home interests for the development of home resources to prot and home enterprise, that is both progress and patriotism. d let us all live for the good of the country ently for that of the continent Let section- alism go down, and pres- TWO BOBS. AIL HAMILTON says one of her best things in saying that Robert Elsmere” is a weakling. There is manly thought, and the man who has it, so it be conscientious, is not afraid of it, Contrast Bob Inger- soll with Bob Elsmere what a hero the former is! It is the contrast between the Hamlet of Booth and the fee- ble thing that Henry Irvingis as Hamlet, Think of one carried by bis conscience into doubt and then condemning himself for both! Such babes as that are not made for he- Toes. THE CIVIL SERVICE. THE VOTER. HERE is a certain affec- tation of regret at the political condition demand- ing that the executive as soon seated shall coerced to devote attention to filling as swiftly sible the official places from members of the party which selected him, It is burden- some, difficult, and probably distasteful, but nevertheless an expected duty. forms of government, where the monarch is simply a fig- be Ss pose In other Well, well! look a’ thot, now, Dacy only urehead, the premier is presi- dent, tration involves the change of owed by such official changes as will not mar or misrep- resent its purpose. It is true that in England uninfluential and subor- dinate places are left untouched; yet the continuous tenure in minor positions has its’evils, developi droning superciliousness. bred of indifference to any probability of displacement. The government privates go through the daily routine with no extra. stimulus to efficiency and”de- pressed by the slim prospect of even a limited promotion, and that only by death, It is a machine just the same, differing from ours in this, that no new trucks are put under the government train until the old ones are worn out. ‘The engineers and conductors are nevertheless selected from waiting and wistful blood, while the rolling-stock is dulled with monotonous wear or the'dry-rot of decay. Neither of the great parties in this country expect or would brook the establishnient of the policy of petrifaction in place. The impatient and experimental tendency of the people is not change for the sake of change, but for expected betterment. It may be very lofty to sneer at organization as a“ machine.” It must be conceded that without organization the movement of large bodies would be the impotent move- ment of the mob, ance there is a failure to select competent leaders there are Boul nd Balfours A change of adminis- policy, and is fol 1 a certai If through indolence, indifference or igne who will select themselves. It is impossible for the head of the government to be all-knowing or comicbooks.com