Judge, 1914-02-28 · page 10 of 24
Judge — February 28, 1914 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon "SLOW DOWN!" depicts a reckless early automobile speeding past traffic signs and a reaper-like figure with a scythe, satirizing dangerous driving habits. The vehicle's occupants appear celebratory despite the hazard, contrasting with the grim warning imagery. The page contains several brief comic dialogues mocking contemporary social behaviors: a pun about someone falling while hanging pictures ("Words failed you"), a joke about a widow's skepticism toward repeated excuses, and a quip about movie actresses now being valued for talking ability rather than appearance. The poem "How To Be an Optimist" offers earnest life advice about forgetting failures and maintaining positive thinking—typical self-help fare of the era. The cartoons collectively reflect early 1920s concerns: automobile safety, marital discord, changing entertainment technology (talkies), and the tension between optimistic philosophizing and practical modern anxieties.
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Heartless DDIE, what's the matter? Fall on the ice?’’ “No. I tried to hang some pictures and stood some dic- tionaries on a table, and they slipped from under me.”” “Words failed you, I suppose.’’ To Him Who Waits Warwick—There’s Wilkins. Have you read his latest novel? He has the hero- ine, an heiress, turn down the hero and marry the villain. Wickwire—It seems as if that would be rather unsatisfactory. Warwick—Yes; but that’s where Wil- kins shows his talent. The hero then be- comes the heroine’s lawyer, and the for- tune comes to him, after all. Educated Crawford—What makes you think it is risky to marry a widow? Crabshaw—Because she will never be- lieve you if you happen to, tell her the same stories her first husband tried to put over, SLOW DOWN! How To Be an Optimist FIRST, forget your futile worries, Which the brightest brain will blur; For the worst of all our troubles Are the ones that ne’er occur. Then forget your many failures; Face all cares with brow serene. What’s the use of sighing vainly For the things that might have been? If your luck seems hard, forget it— See what potent pluck wiil do; Many of your hapless neighbors Surely are worse off than you. If that worthless dross called money Fills your coffers, don’t be proud; For some day you must forget it— There’s no pocket in a shroud. Lay aside your load of sorrow, And remember, when in woe, That a light heart is the leaven Which will raise life’s heavy dough. Fight all pessimistic fancies; Every morbid thought resis If you smile when you are worried, Soon you'll be an optimist. —Thomas B. Chrystal. Affinities: a lawyer and a will. SPECOLIMIT 4M. PER HouR —» We No Wonder ««MY WIFE is crazy about becoming a moving-picture actress.'" “Why?” “Because some of the pictures now talk.’” Main Thing Madge—Charlie whistled that new tune last night. Do you remember how it goes? Marjorie—No; but I can dance it. comicbooks.com