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This page from *Judge* magazine contains several satirical pieces targeting early 20th-century American social issues: **"Beware of Clean Money"** mocks Treasury Department bureaucracy: a woman washes a dirty five-dollar bill, then the bank rejects it as counterfeit because it looks "too clean." The satire critiques rigid, senseless government rules that ignore common sense. **"A Long-Felt Want"** jokes about a newly-formed German "League of Politeness" for women. The implication is darkly ironic—suggesting that German society (particularly military officers) is so rude that such a league is necessary. This reflects American skepticism toward German militarism pre-WWI. **"Mistakes of the Press"** notes newspapers rarely apologize for errors, then applauds the *American Journal of Philology* for a full-page apology for misspelling "Wilamowitz-Moellendorff." The bottom cartoon, "How to Get an Education," appears to depict a sinking ship labeled with European destinations, suggesting immigration and the challenges newcomers faced reaching American cities.

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JUDGE PUBLISHED WEEKLY . LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY yo, 225 Firtm Avenut, New Yous John A. Sleicher, President. Reuben P. Sleicher, Secretary. Arthur Terry, Treasurer. James Melvin Lee, ~ Managing FAito Grant E. Hamilton, - ‘Art Extitor, “The Compliments of the Season.” THE Moses of Mount Tom 4 ' Las, has sent down to the y children who live on the be a fitting inscription for the table with Christmas presents, The commandment plains a Christmas liturgy. from Mount Tom reads: ‘Forgive us our Though not written on tables of stone, it would Christmas as we forgive those who have Christmas loaded d against us Beware of Clean Money. ONE ona time—and the time was re- a certain woman had a five-dol- lar bill, The bill was so very dirty that the woman gave it a washing and ironing. Then she took it to the bank, but the man behind the bars said the bill was a counter- feit because it did not look right, The woman was a believer in woman's rights and demanded that the bill be sent to the Treasury Department. It went; it saw knows a good thing; the woman ank teller. cent man wh conquered the haug The moral is ¢ bills, or let Unel work on gi vious: Beware of clean am do his own laundry en goods. A Long-felt Want. A LONG-FELT want to coin a new ex- pression—has been met in Germany by the formation of a League of Politeness. Women usually start the good things in this world, and they had a finger in this pie, which comes ‘‘well done’’ from a women's club in Berlin. Whether Ger- man ladies or German army officers think JUDGE more courts S$ are due them is not made el by the accounts which have, up to the present writing, reached American shores. As women are employed to keep the streets of Berlin clean, it is doubtless the army officer who feels that he is not getting the respect due his station in life, and the women have arisen to the occasion. Police- men and street-car conductors in American cities feel much the same as the German army officers about the subject of polite- ness. What are the women going to do about it? Let more courtesy be shown not only the policeman and conductor, but also the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick- maker. Mistakes of the Press. THe PRESS makes many mistakes. Sometimes a newspaper corrects its mistakes; more often it doesn’t. Even when corrections ap- pear, they are generally in small type and hidden away among the ads. In view of this situation, it is refreshing to see a page of apology in the American Journal of Phi- lology for dropping the final ‘‘f"’ in the name of Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Brief Decisions from the Bench. TT HERE are people who never consider that when things go wrong it is an in- cident of the game. ‘The wise girl avoids an epidemic of love affairs. Always put off till the morrow the bad things you expect to do to-day. Advice found wanted, The emergency brake is the generally breaks in an emergency. More smiles and fe gas jets are 1 to make many homes brighter. jow that the Pennsylvania Railroad runs is seldom when badly one that < SS oS { Vac ese s HOW TO GET AN EDUCATION its trains into New York, Chicago thinks New Yorkers ought to be happier for hav- ing another way to get out of the city. A bed may be full of roses and yet very uncomfortable because of the thorns. NOT YET, ROP. aa BUT SOON.