Judge, 1914-10-31 · page 16 of 24
Judge — October 31, 1914 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects international humor reprinted from European satirical magazines. Each cartoon presents domestic or class-based comedy: **"If William Came to Kensington"** jokes about British anxiety over German military power (likely referencing pre-WWI tensions), with a servant's cheeky suggestion that even the German Emperor might be kept waiting. **"A Promising Child"** presents Italian family humor about a boy's clever—if self-serving—interpretation of generosity. **"A Symphony of Color"** mocks a wealthy woman's vanity through a maid's exchange about wigs for a garden party. The remaining items satirize working-class or domestic situations: golf instruction, a waiter's convenient residence near a delivery address, and a wife's skepticism about paying a doctor when she already knows her husband's ailment. The page exemplifies Judge's practice of republishing European comic material to entertain American readers with international perspectives on universal human follies.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
If William Came to Kensington! Master—Eliza, I'm tired out with all this newspaper reading. Don’t let any one disturb me for the next half hour, even if it’s the German Emperor! Tweenie—No, sir; but should I ask 'im to wait?—Sketch (London). A Promising Child ma, che significa essere generoso? tia tua sorella per enti, sorellina mia, fa tu le Carlo—Mamma, what does it mean to be generous? Mamma—You will be generous if you give your sister more nuts than you keep for yourself. Carlo—I understand! Listen, sister. You do the dividing; but be generous !— From an old Italian almanac. Copyright, Fliegende Rlartter A Symphony of Color symmermadchen—Welche Perricke soll ‘n Frau heute abend far das Garten’ n? h der t be Natdrlich die erane! Maid—Which wig shall I have ready for madam to wear to-night at the garden party? Madam—The green one, certainly !— Fliegende Blaetter (Munich). Weighty Words “You won't never get no length with yer drive, sir, until yer get more body into it.""—Tatler (London). Accommodating marero, dénde va usted con eso?” edly he se lo Nevaré, ‘ay, waiter, where are you going with that?’’ “To Ruda Street, No. 14.’ ° ell, if you don’t want to bother I happen to 1 about it, I'll take it there. live in the same house.'"’—Blanco y Negro (Madrid). Cui Bono? “J'ai de la grippe, i faut envoyer chercher le doe s. je ne médecin pou ‘Thave the grippe. We must send for the doctor.’’ “If you know what ails you, I do not see the necessity for paying ten francs to the doctor to tell you.’’—L' Illustration (Paris). comicbooks.com