Judge, 1908-08-01 · page 7 of 16
Judge — August 1, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page satirizes American political pretension and false heroism, circa early 1900s. **Top cartoon "Eh, Bill?"** mocks Theodore Roosevelt's San Juan Hill prominence. The speaker reminisces about the Spanish-American War charge with "bold Ted," contrasting Roosevelt's celebrated role with William Jennings Bryan's absence. The satire suggests Roosevelt leveraged this military moment into political capital (he later became President). References to Taft indicate contemporary political discussion. **"Without Honor in His Own Country"** ridicules how famous men seek newspaper recognition and public adulation, yet are dismissed by ordinary people like "Tommy Jones" and "Bill Dodd." The anecdote about the fence rail relic and the "Billings boy" illustrates that local fame means nothing—common people see through celebrity pretense. **"Maid of Athens" and related sections** appear to be humorous poetry and social commentary about vanity and class. The page's overall message: ambitious men crave public recognition and inflated reputations, but their actual worth remains unchanged in common judgment. Success requires more than newspaper coverage.
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<<< EH, BILL? E WERE rough riders, we who stood And braved the Spaniard’s iron pill, How many a gallant spirit would Give half his years if he but could Have been with us at San Juan Hill! (There's Taft, for instance. Hello, Bill!) Now here, now there, bold Ted and 1, In leaden hail, both felt a thrill “Come on,” says he, * let's do or die, And, color-sergeant, mind your eye Yon lies the top of San Juan Ilill!" (Now Bryan wasn’t there, ch, Bill?) On, on, still on his glasses flashed, His teeth gleamed bright and fierce until sed he'd got them Spaniards smashed. “! He's reached the top of § (Say, that was “ going some,” ch, Bill? We were not many, we who pressed Beside bold Ted and watched him kill, To me alone he has con: “TL think it was the way ‘THERE ARE ‘TIMES WHEN ONE IS ENOUGH : Had much to do with San Juan Hill."* Father—* Ke but one mother in this world.” (But what's the odds? You weren't there, Sou" 1 Th next Bill.) WALTER BEVERLEY CHANE, ot Jtwo Tye y boy, you can’t h ss 1d soon be in th MAID OF ATHENS. WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY. AID of Athena, cre we 1 66 TO YOU know,” said the famous man with a reminiscent cr mind Shout my he chuckle, “ that it used to be the height of my ambition to Give, give m ring ‘Anil vach fair, expensive thing yet my name in the county paper so old Tommy Jones That I sent you, and each note would see it, But alas!"”—and the great man sighed‘ now that 1 Which in those dead days T wrote suppose old Tommy has the fence rail L used to whittle, in the parlor ‘They are what the jury says us a relic, Ido not care at all for his praise." Indicate the d * Do you know," said old Tommy Jones in a philosophical mood, HAD MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF. asx he | vd on his plow handles talking to Bill Dodd, ** that 1 used ‘A WELL-KNOWN public man, who to think them fellers we read about in the papers was great men, A wasapending the w: But they ain't. There's that Billings boy that used to hoe corn for ington, had for his next-door nei me. Now he’s gittin’ his name in the paper as often as any of ‘em, bors a family with an aged negro in their And shucks! He ain't nothin’ but a common, ordinary runt."* mploy who might have of Uncle Remu: ‘The old man appeared er in Wa Y washerwoman does many washings, but not for the family. his personal appearance was bright and carly every morning and swept off the walk, took of the ashes, and, in short, SS We the old fellow osted him in genial fash- ious response, he asked the hing ington—seems very fami “Well, I guess maybe ye to George, been workin’ around = h most twenty- five yeahs,"” doe What do you think of the for mail for two cents?” day Ds pends on th foreign ma - I think « for. CURRENT EVENTS. lave the Perrys any cook like now 2” Boni de Sag “111 find out for you from Mas. di would be ex- ith, She belongs to the Current ents Club and knows just what's pensive at any . ‘ price.” “UNCLE ‘TOM 'S CABBIN comicbooks.com