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Judge — December 12, 1914 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous cartoons and jokes translated from European publications (German, French, British). The humor relies on cultural observation and mild social satire rather than political commentary. **Key jokes include:** - **"Mistaken Identity"**: A man injured hanging pictures is mistaken for a war hero—satirizing public eagerness to celebrate soldiers. - **"His Error"**: A doctor scolds a pastry chef for wearing black gloves, but they're actually the chef's blackened hands—absurdist humor about hygiene prescriptions. - **"Bookkeeper"**: An office manager suggests "patent glasses" to keep sleepy employees awake at work—mocking both office tedium and dubious patent remedies (common in this era). - **Various domestic vignettes**: Including flirtation, courtship etiquette, and spousal behavior. The page exemplifies *Judge*'s practice of reprinting international humor, showcasing how different cultures found comedy in everyday social situations, workplace dynamics, and marital mishaps.
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Copyright. Fliegende Riactter First Thought Da ham mersch! Hatt’ ich die F ck habe, doch lieber hart geke die ich im Ht, anftatt the eggs I’ve got in my knapsack hard instead of soft!’’— Fliegende Blaetter (Munich). Fit Rector—Those pigs of yours are in fine condition, Hodge. Hodge—Yes, zur, they be. An‘ if we wus all on us as fit to die as them are, we'd do.—Liverpool Mercury. Herren, schiimen loch wenigsten Buchhalter—M schlafen, Setzen Si Bookkeepe sich doch, im Amt immer zc Patentbrille auf— Gentlemen, you ought to be ashamed to be al- ways asleep in the office. At least put on these patent glasses— Mistaken Identity Obvious embarrassment of Little Binks, who has injured his hand in the peaceful occupation of picture hanging, at being mistaken for a wounded hero.—Punch (London). pour vous con vous m serie. “est mes mains!” “Well, that’s fine! I see that to com- ply with the prescriptions of hygiene you are putting on gloves while making pas- try. But why black ones?”” ‘These are not gloves. These are my hands !""—L’ Illustration (Paris). merkt. ehn jetzt. Adalbert! Du flirtest ja mit . Such" dir gefiilligst ein anderes Motiv : Malen oder zum Flirten “‘Adalbert, come right along! You're flirting with that student over there! You find another subject right away !"’ “For painting or flirting?’’—Meggen- dorfer Blaetter (Munich). Polite weedy gent—Won't you take my seat, madam? Lady— Thanks so very much! But where did you get up from?— London Opinion. —da tdnnen Sie ruhig weiterschlafen, ohne dass man davon etwas —and then you can sleep all you want without any one noticing it.—-Man Lacht (Berlin).