Judge, 1914-05-02 · page 18 of 41
Judge — May 2, 1914 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features a guest editorial by "Henri Bizarre," a French artist whom Judge has hired to contribute artwork. The humor lies in Bizarre's deliberately broken English and affected French mannerisms—he writes in a comically stilted, malapropism-laden style ("me I make," "connaissance," "Anglais decomposed"). The satire targets two things: 1. **Pretentious European artists**: Bizarre complains that Judge's American editors censored his work out of fear of offending readers, while defending French artistic freedom. He notes Americans in Paris embrace risqué content that "respectable" Americans reject at home—mocking American hypocrisy about morality. 2. **Cultural stereotypes**: Bizarre claims Frenchmen never change ("like the leopard"), while Americans constantly shift values depending on geography. The broken English reinforces the "absurd foreigner" trope. The illustrations (top banner and "Flower of France" figure) show theatrical, exaggerated dancers—fitting an issue celebrating exotic continental variety. The editorial positions Judge as cosmopolitan enough to occasionally feature such continental material.
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T Voila! T LAST, with feeling of grand relief, but not the large satisfaction, I make the announce- ment of the comple- tion of that work which you have as to me. When I assume the responsibilité of Editeur of the Art of the Edition Parisienne de Jupce, I do so with agile heart, because of that confidence which is arise from grand experience in les affaires artistiques and aesthétiques. But me I never expect that I shall be ask to write the premier essay for your Journal, because my small connaissance with your language make such production embarrassing and difficile. Still 1 am not the coward; I will make to try anything one time. I ask, howbeit, that you make to me ign the indulgence upon such erreurs as arise / from non-familiarité with your language, ; and I pray you will praise my art even if \, it shall be that you find my Anglais de- composed. This Edition represent not those ideals of satirique and comique illustration which is mine. Those things which me I have consider supréme, your Editeur he has reject, for he has the fear of offense to the reader. Personnellement, I find nothing it is vulgar in something when she is beauti- ful to the eye or splendid to the ear. Also in Paris I observe it is the tourist Americain who is the patron principal of les comedies risquées, and be also it is O I who make the largest traffic in the art suspicionable selling with secrecy naive on les Boulevards. Therefore I compre- hend not for what upon me is impose the restriction of your Editeur, unless, may- chance, the Americain in Paris, he is in New York quite the other person. With us it is difference. The French- man he is always the Frenchman, and the Briton, like the leopard, he changes never at all his spats. The Edition Parisienne, therefore, is not all that me I should desire, but I pray all the same it will encounter your sanc- \ La Flear de la France. The Flower of France Tout est permis en amour et en guerre. Everything's fair in love and war. tity and applause, procuring to you the grand pleasure and none at all of offense. HENRI BIZARRE. Novelty MO8SIEUR HENRI BIZARRE on this page logically explains his pur- pose in coming to the assistance of Jupce in the production of this number. It is good to depart occasionally from the ordinary rule of conduct, even in a humorous magazine. Variety is the spice of life. And JupcE greets its million readers this week with at least a tang of the happily exotic in its make-up and material. JupceE readers, who regularly find joy in its pages, will discover in this special number new cause for loyalty to a maga- zine which promotes happiness and in- spires optimism. comicbooks.com