Judge, 1915-03-20 · page 16 of 24
Judge — March 20, 1915 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects satirical cartoons from European publications, arranged thematically around WWI-era anxieties and social observation. **"A Bold Reproach"** (Munich): Mocks gossip culture—a woman is indignant that her confidante associates with another gossip, not recognizing her own hypocrisy. **"In Turkey—Now"** (London): References the Ottoman Empire's wartime separation allowance policy, satirizing bureaucratic procedures affecting soldiers' families. **"Village Constable"** (London): A British constable suspects a vicar's nighttime fire-fetching as potential enemy signaling to Germany—wartime paranoia about civilian activity. **"The Holiday Hunter"** (Prague/Munich/Madrid): Multiple jokes about hunting bets and consumption, suggesting leisure pursuits amid conflict. **"Scenes in Madrid"**: The priest invoking "St. Anthony" over a forty-horsepower engine satirizes Spain's modernization gap—replacing traditional animal power with machinery. The page reflects international wartime humor: bureaucratic absurdity, spy anxiety, class observation, and the clash between tradition and industrial modernity.
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LAUGHS FROM OTHER LANDS Copyright, Fliegenste Blaetter. A Bold Reproach les “Was, mit dieser Klatschohase’ migen Sie ver. kehren?™ “Oh, let me tell you the scandal about the first secretary's wife, Mrs. Leich- tinger!"’ “I've already been told of it by the comptroller’s wife, Mrs. Zanglein.’* “What! You associate with that old gossip!"’—Fliegende Blaetter (Munich). In Turkey—Now Wives of a private soldier on active serv- ice in Egypt applying for the separation al- lowance at the Turkish ministry of war.— Bystander (London). Village constable (to the vicar, who has been hurrying to fetch fire engine)—So your ‘ouse is afire, is it? Ah! I've bin a-watchin’ that light. Didn't expect to run into me, did you? ‘Ow 'm I to know you bain’t signalin’ to Germany?—Punch (London). **Do not joke! I bet you a measure of wine that you cannot eat what I shoot in half a day.” “Why, certainly we bet with you! You'll have to pay.""—Humoristicke Listy (Prague). Copyright, Mego ein Professor sict ck, nun habe i Primaner ( sei Schoolboy (in the cafe, as his professor sits down at the next table)-+-Oh, the deuce! I've just picked up his favorite newspaper ! —Meggendorfer Blaetter (Munich). rfer Binetter . das deine nieht wirkt Uber dem Gitte Copyright, Mevuen “Und warum mei isn't effective in this exhibition?” “Why, it’s hanging right over the radi. ator."'—Meggendorfer Blactter (Munich). Sn An mates! A ver! cebada para Fa por sileno. Priest—St. Anthony, patron saint of ani- mals! Forty-horse-power—and _no horses! —Blanco y Negro (Madrid).