Judge, 1916-03-04 · page 18 of 28
Judge — March 4, 1916 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous cartoons from European publications during World War I, mocking wartime absurdities and domestic tensions. **Key pieces:** - **"Field Duty"**: A soldier complains his wife sent him her holey stockings instead of yarn for darning socks in the trenches—absurd domestic miscommunication amid combat. - **"Slight Compensation"**: Dark joke that while the war drags on, women's skirts have become shorter—a gallows humor observation about fashion trends during wartime. - **"Unintentional"**: A man among antiques says they remind him of his childhood—ambiguous but likely mocking nostalgia or aging. - **"Getting His Money's Worth"**: An elderly man refuses to open a window, not wanting to waste expensive tobacco smoke—miserly wartime penny-pinching. The cartoons reflect *Punch*, *Jugend*, and other international magazines using humor to process war's dislocations and its effects on civilian life, gender roles, and economic hardship.
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