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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page 118 This page contains several satirical pieces from Judge magazine, likely from the WWI era based on the military references. **"The Protest Came Late"** features a clergyman horrified by government-issued currency bearing indecent images. The satire criticizes the delayed moral outrage of religious institutions—the preacher questions why Christian groups haven't protested sooner if they're so offended now. **"A Soldier's Valentine"** is a sentimental poem about a soldier preserving a faded Valentine, contrasting romantic memory with wartime hardship. The remaining cartoons ("Enjoyment According to Capacity," "Viewed by Many," "Waiting for the Fun," and "Bachelor Quarters") appear to be domestic humor sketches about civilian life during wartime. The overall tone mixes patriotic sentiment with criticism of institutional hypocrisy regarding morality.
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THE PROTEST CAME LATE. HE sight was really a strange one. The clergyman was holding a five-dollar bill at an arm’s-length, gazing at it with horror. He was simply boiling over with indignation. “ What's this?" he cried. “Can I be- lieve my eyes? Is it possible that our gov- ernment is getting so depraved, so care- less of the morals of the people, that it issues money that has such pictures stamped on it? Has Anthony Comstock done & nothing? Has the woman's Christian temperance union passed no resolu- tions against it? Has the Epworth league entered no protest? Then | will make my own Sf voice heard and stir wy” the whole country until this iniquity is stopped.” “But,” protested a friend, * it would be impossible to sup- NO NOVICE. Press them now. They have Cactus CaL—" Thet there new minister 'f ourn ain't no ten been in circulation for months.” —derfoot. See; he’s usin’ his left hand ter shake hands with th’ i * - he memb'rs ‘f his congr'gation.” 1 don't care,” retorted the EASTERNER —"* What does that action signify 7” preacher hot! this is the first Cactus Cat—" It don't signify nothin’, stranger, but it leaves one of them I have seen.” his gun-hand free.” A SOLDIER'S VALENTINE. FOUND it ina secret drawer ‘The paper lace is yellow now, Of yonder desk today: The gilded garlands torn, ENJOYMENT ACCORDING TO CAPACITY. ™SRNCenlu cenes ayy eter joy that feay morn Mrs. Berry (glancing across the table)—" I'm afraid my A a ied lee en Beecey ths eyes te little girl isn’t enjoying her dinner.” ‘The musk in vogue when it was new It uttered to her jeweled hand— Rachel (who has left her pudding half eaten, with a ‘This faded valentine ‘The dainty valentine. sigh) —“ Yes, mamma, as much as I can; but, of course, if I was bigger I” enjoy more of When o'er the snowy window-sill, Ile watched her kiss the flimsy page, ‘The soldier-lover tall, Whc leaned upon his gleaming sword Beside the old gray wall. 1 Another, hiding close at hand | Behind a shattered pine, Beheld it too, with paling lips, ‘And cursed the valentine ! VIEWED BY MANY. YES. anist, you are really great, Though critics keep you down ; Your most successful piece of work Is painting red the town, ‘The night was near, and drear and dark ‘The lonely river-road, But singing gayly on his way ‘The soldier-lover strode. Too late he saw the crouching form, ‘Too late the dagger shine— So here and there a woman's tears Have stained the valentine, WAITING FOR THE FUN, Daisy Bly (in a loud whisper) — “Is dis de new Fench tutor, mam- ma?” Mamma —" Yes, pet. Come Come ; gather up the crumpled rose ‘And shut the drawer again, The wintry dusk is closing in With wind and sleety rain. But all the room is sweet with musk, and so nite * ; The fragrance faint and fine, going e . I, * Melord, there's a loidy and gentleman to see you.” UNA IRVING, (Proceeds to fold up furniture) IIT. The transformation. ‘* Good-morning !” . & comicbooks.com