Judge, 1914-02-21 · page 22 of 24
Judge — February 21, 1914 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects short humorous anecdotes from European satirical magazines, organized as international "filler" content. Each joke presents everyday social situations with ironic twists: **Notable items:** - **"Winter Difficulties"** and **"From Bad to Worse"** use marital discord as humor—complaints about cold rooms and wives disappearing/returning serve as punchlines about domestic dissatisfaction. - **"Confronted"** plays on courtroom absurdity: a defendant agrees he *might* have insulted someone precisely because looking at them suggests it's plausible. - **"The Eternal Feminine"** uses dog characters to satirize female jealousy stereotypes. - **"At a Futurist Exhibition"** mocks both prudish parents and avant-garde art movements—the "scandal" of nude studies in modernist painting. - **"What Does He Care?"** presents dark comedy: indifference about a sinking ship because it's not the speaker's property. The page reflects early 20th-century attitudes: gender stereotypes, class consciousness, and dismissal of modernism as incomprehensible. Attribution to foreign publications (Munich, Paris, London, Turin) suggests cosmopolitan editorial intent.
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Copsright, Simplictasimus (Music) Winter Difficulties “Ach, Emma, wie schin hatten es unsere Eltern die sich im warmen Zimmer verloben konnten !” “Oh, Emma, how lucky our parents were, who could make love in a nice, warm room !’’—Simplicissimus (Munich). In Time for the Feed Lasher—We're going to have some amateur theatricals at my house next week and a big supper afterward. Can you be there? Dasher—Oh! I'll come, old man; but— er—I may be late !—Bystander (London). a= From Bad to Worse Ah! mon pauvre ami, toute ma sympathie! Quelle douleur de trouver un beau matin sa femme partie! Oui, mais I» pis, c'est de la voir rentrer trois jours aprés! 7 . “Oh, my poor friend! All my sym- pathy! What misfortune to find, one fine morning, that your wife is gone!’” “Yes; but how much worse it is to see her return three days later!’"—Le Rire (Paris). Confronted “Avez-vous, vraiment, hier soir, traité ce monsieur dimbécile et didiot P° L’aceusé (cherchant & rassembler ses idées)—“J’en. doutais,'mais plus je le regarde et plus il me semble possible que j aie pu le faire.” Judge—Did you, last night, really call this man imbecile and idiot? The accused (gathering his wits)—I have some doubt of it; but the more I look at him, the more I think it possible. —Le Rire (Paris). om _~ The Eternal Feminine Spaniel—Go away, Rudolf! You know very well that my mistress hates me to flirt with you when I'm in her company. Dachshund—Ah! That's just like you women! You're so jealous of one an- other !—Bystander (London). At a Futurist Exhibition Fond parent—For pity’s sake, take my daughter away from that picture at once! Friend—But why? Fond parent -Why? Don’t you see in the catalogue that it’s a study in the nude?—Numero (Turin). Copyright, Meggendorfer Blactter Apprehension “He, nicht auf den Brunnen zu, Herr, die Kuh er+ sauft ja, wenn sie da ‘neinfalit!” “Ha, there! Not toward the well, sirt The cow would drown if she fell in there: —Meggendorjer Blaetter (Munich). What Does He Care? Wife—John! John! The ship’s going down! John (sick unto indifference) — Well, never mind; it isn’t ours.—Sketeh (Lon- don). First dogmaniac—So Stella got her sep- aration all right. Second ditto—Do tell me—who is to have the custody of the Pom.?—London Opinion. comicbooks.com