Judge, 1915-01-30 · page 13 of 24
Judge — January 30, 1915 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines patriotic messaging with light social satire. The dominant feature is "Our New Slogan," a poem celebrating American manufacturing and national pride—likely from WWI era, given references to "the war is on abroad" and Europe's economic disruption. The poem traces "Made in America" from colonial settlement through contemporary commerce, positioning American goods as symbols of "peace and thrift." The page includes typical Judge humor: "Old Sayings Revised" offers cynical twists on proverbs (e.g., "Truth is less salable than fiction"), while brief jokes mock social pretension. "A Business Matter" depicts a wealthy woman treating a European nobleman like a commodity with an expiration date—satire on transatlantic marriages between American heiresses and impoverished aristocrats, popular during this era. The cartoons and preachlets present middle-class morality wrapped in irony, characteristic of Judge's editorial voice blending patriotism with skepticism toward affectation and dishonesty.
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MADE Preachlets Courage HEN you some heroship have won And people praise you for your pluck, It takes a lot of grit to own The biggest part of it was luck. Contentment Content is an environment That very few attain, And those who do are not content Contented to remain. Reputation When some one tells right to your face What scandal talkers say of you, Be careful how you try to trace Its origin—it might be true. Optimism If through the night a raging tooth Racks you with wakeful sorrow, Let this glad thought your anguish soothe— “Tl have it out to-morrow !"" —Frederick Moron Deceived Knick—Di1 you pin your faith to him? Knack—Yes; and I was stuck. IN THE U. Old Sayings Revised ROLLING stone acquires a fine polish. Not all gold glitters. Fine feathers make dear hats. Truth is less salable than fic- tion. A penny saved must be first earned. There are many fools just like old fools. Small acorns on tallest oak trees grow. A long lane is likely to have many a turn. The whirligig of time destroys desire for revenges. Cheap talk makes revenue for telephone companies. In the spring the early bird catcheth winter's flareback. Absence makes the heart grow fonder of some one else. Arthur Lucas. A butterfly is a worm that has turned. A BUSINESS Eunice—Have you taken the Count? MATTER Heiress—No; but I have an option on him until after the horse show, “'Scuse me, but would you please net point your dog at me?" Our New Slogan HEN first the pilgrim papas landed— On that much-thronged May/lewer banded— And on the Plymouth Rock were stranded, ‘Then came to us the first foreboding Of this sweet phrase we're now unloading On all the earth—ambition goading !— Maiden America! Later—how could Virginia Dare?— The first white girl was born somewhere, Amid the dark-red farms down there Where rolls the rapid Rapidan— That region settled by Queen Anne— There was the first (there she began!) Maid in America! Now that the war is on abroad, With scarcely any who applaud, While every foreign tummy’s gnawed— Since Europe's commerce stripped her gears And filled her tradesmen all with fears, We, in the whole world’s eager ears, May din **America!"* This, then, the slogan to the end— The slogan sung by foe and friend— That round this ball we gladly send— The blazoned sign of peace and thrift That shines through battle-smudge’s drift— That shall remain when war clouds lift— “*Made in America!"’ ~Strickland Gillilan. When in the humor, do as the humor- ists do. comicbooks.com