Judge, 1911-12-30 · page 10 of 25
Judge — December 30, 1911 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Main Cartoon ("Multum in Parvo"):** Depicts a father and son discussing a Yale University seal. The son explains it's used on diplomas and beer mugs—a joke mocking the diminished value of elite education, suggesting Yale degrees matter primarily as decorative items rather than meaningful credentials. **Text Content:** The page features several pieces satirizing contemporary concerns: 1. **"An After Dirge"** — Laments post-Christmas financial exhaustion, a relatable middle-class complaint about holiday spending. 2. **"A Legal Mind"** — Mocks a lawyer's stenographer who transcribes "lawed away" instead of "laid away," poking fun at legal professionals' pretentious language and incompetence. 3. **"Are You With Us?"** — Satirizes the suffragette movement by proposing using their militant tactics (window-breaking, brick-throwing at legislators) to lobby for a ship subsidy bill, suggesting male reformers should adopt women's aggressive activism methods. This is clearly satirical commentary on suffragette protests.
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MULTUM IN PARVO. Son—" That's the Yale seal, pop "” Father—'* What's it for?"’ Son—"' Ob, to pat on diplomas, and beer mugs, and things like that, you know An After Dirge. By GEORGE B. STAFF. ROKE, broke, broke, Of my hard-earned ‘“boxes,’’ oh, gee! But it brings some relief to utter The thoughts that occur to me. Oh, well for the beautiful gifts, As they rest in a fair array! Oh, well for the haunting thought That intrudes, Does the whole thing pay? And the giving still goes on, f As it has in the years gone by; aN But the last of the merry holidays “Sy Brings again the same old cry : Broke, broke, broke! Not a single cent, oh, gee! And the dough that I spent for the Christmas gifts Will never come back to me. A Fellow Feeling. Knicker—‘‘They claim to see frost on Mars." Subbubs—‘‘Wonder if their water pipes burst?” Write your resolutions in fading ink. A Legal Mind. A Missouri lawyer prepared a will for an out-of-town client and dictated the following letter to accompany it: Dear sir—Please find inclosed will prepared in legal form. You will sign it in presence of two witnesses and re- turn it to us to be laid away. SOMETHING NEW IN CLOTHES. The stenographer, who evidently had a surer knowledge of the ways of the law than of her notes, made the letter read: Dear sir—Please find inclosed will prepared in legal form. You will sign it in the presence of two witnesses and return to us to be lawed away. Are You With Us? We have an idea that is pos tremendous in its far-reaching possibili- ties. Step closer, please, while we whisper. Why should the suffragette ladies have a patent on their method of securing—or trying to secure—legisla- tion? Why, indeed! We ourselves have a dominating desire for the establishment of an American merchant marine. We think a ship subsidy bill might bring it about. We are looking for an ear- nest, aggressive, picked company of men holding a similar opinion; we want them to join us some dark night and help us throw rocks through the Senate windows and, perchance, a brick or two into the private dining-rooms of certain House committee members. After this campaign has succeeded, we can start cut after a parcels post bill and a few other little things that are wanted. There is no reason why a persistent band of us can’t reform the country by this method —if the bricks hold out. comicbooks.com