Judge, 1914-08-01 · page 4 of 24
Judge — August 1, 1914 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This cartoon illustrates an editorial about a Chicago couple's project to adopt orphaned children of various ethnicities—"a negro, an Indian, an Irish, a Chinese, a Japanese, a Malay, a German, an Arab, a Scandinavian and an American infant." The cartoon depicts a woman at a doorway with multiple children and luggage, titled "The White Hope"—an ironic reference to the couple's presumably white, middle-class American family serving as a model for raising diverse children together. The satire targets both Progressive-era social experiments in assimilation and the paternalistic notion that American family life could "civilize" children from different backgrounds. The crowded scene and heavy luggage suggest the ambitious—and somewhat comedic—scope of their undertaking.
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RI They have already found for the pur- pose a negro, an Indian, an Irish, a Chi- nese, a Japanese, a Malay, a German, an Arab, a Scandinavian and an American infant, and are in South America to fur- Paternal GOVERNMENT in this country is all the time becoming more paternal and helpful in the details of life and mat- ters that contribute. A special circular has now been issued by the Agricultural Depart- ment, telling a person who wants to “set a hen’’ how to achieve that sometimes productive job. Undoubtedly there are many per- sons who have long been in the poultry business that do not yet know how toset a henright. Hens are curious creatures, as the aver- age motorist will affirm. Few mo- torists, perhaps, have ever run down setting hens, but the general dis- agreement of the hen with human purpose is well known to every per- son who has encountered a hen. Even the man who wishes to wring a hen's neck for the pot often has to chase the hen until he loses all appetite for potpie. What the government really ought to do to supplement this picce of barnyard or hencoop advice is to is- sue a circular telling mankind how to disabuse the mind of a hen—if a hen has a mind—when the hen her- self wants to ‘‘sit’’ and her owner prefers to have her go on peacefully | laying eggs for market. } An Experiment HE EXPERIMENTS of well- meaning persons who have lei- sure, money and a desire to better humanity are sometimes curious. A woman of Chicago, presumed to have time, means and sympathy, is searching the world with her hus- THE WHITE HOPE band—a fact that argues his own interest in the project—for fifteen babies of fif- teen distinct and separate races. When they find these little ones, they purpose to adopt them and bring them up ‘‘as nearly as possible like the American family of moderate means,” ther recruit the collection. It is not said whether these are to be all boys, all girls, or boys and girls as luck favors; but when the assembly is complete and training be- gins, motion pictures of the development of these kids in company might have a human if not a hilarious interest. A Bricf Decisions E ARE, of course, not sure of it, but on the whole it looks to us as if the George Fred Williams, late of Athens, was the guy who put the “dip’’ in diplomacy. (a) Hon. Down in Washington they say that ‘‘business is looking up,” and it probably is sodoing. It wants to see where it is likely to land if present psychological conditions continue, General Villa has purchased a bathtub. The dispatches do not state what he intends to use it for, but it will probably serve as a toler- ably effective bullet-proof bed for the general to sleep in. Scientists tell us that atmospheric conditions on Mars are such that a man up there could drive a golf ball fifty-five miles. Allof which may be true; but what’s the use of doing athing like that? You can send a golf ball three thousand miles in this country by parcel post, and not run any risk of losing it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle graciously refers to President Wilson as “‘a fine fellow,'’ but notes that ‘‘the most idealistic men get into the worst messes,"’ and instances Glad- stone as another example. But Gladstone is over his troubles. is) Is there something peculiarly ap- propriate to the present methods of some persons elected to legislative and executive offices in the candi- dacy for Governor of Oklahoma of the Hon. Al Jennings, who has already qualified as a train robber? Up to date it would seem to be clear that, instead of Pinchot’s putting a perk in Perkins, it is Perkins who has got the pinch on Pinchot. comicbooks.com