Judge — April 22, 1916 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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Supplementary Evils NUMBER of crimes are committed in the fair name of humor. Under this head might be included musical-comedy librettos, — vaudeville “repartee,” and the Comic Supplement. The last-named is the worst of the three. It is the worst because it is themost accessible, not to the grown-ups, who are more or less hardened to it, but to children. When a child has been educated along artistic lines by a close study of the adven- tures of various unspeakable people, depicted in a style and coloring that would shock even the most ardent adherent of post- futuristic principles, one can hardly expect him to take-a great interest in things which are really worth-while. The penny-dreadful has been relegated to the lutid past, but the “Sunday Supplement", has come to take its dishonorable place, The American sense of humor used to be a quality of-which to boast. In the field of genuinely humorous writings, Americans led all fields. But the American sense of humor of to-day, fostered as it is on the basic idea that to give pain is funny, and the greater the pain the greater the laugh (vide any of the weekly newspaper comics—and the daily ones, too, for that matter), is rapidly becoming a perverted thing. And to add to the pitiable lack of any- thing that remotely pertains to genuine fun, the supplements contain what are prob- ably the worst forms of “art” in the world. No exposition on this subject is necessary; a glance at one of the current issues will convince more effectively than pages of words. Suffice it to say that from a stand- point of technique, color, composition, everything, it is bad. Train up a child to think that formless daubs of red and green and impossible figures represent art, and that hitting a man witha club is the highest form of humor, and when he is old he will not depart from your teachings. This Is What Comes from Teaching Girls to Read CERTAIN high school made scholarship a prerequisite for admissi to the athletic board. The authorities said, “We will let these young men know that, if they want to work their muscles, they must first work their brains.” It seemed a clever scheme, but when the sifting came only girls were eligible. Co- education is replete with problems that would not need solving if girls had not been taught to. read. Z Cy I've heard an awful lot of talk About the fearful awkward auk ; But now that I have drawn him thus, By Jove, I rather like the cuss.—Don Augur. aAixe LG Extra-Judicial Comment THE hero of the punitive expedition is (name deleted). cd One may say what he thinks about Con- gress—but who'd think it? 2 The presidential “sooner” candidate has this advantage, that he may decline in ample time to attract the nomination. & Politicians give cach other the lie, but it does look like carrying coals to Newcastle. Down in Trinidad, Colonel Roosevelt dis covered a strange new bird—the guacharo. Reliable nature fakers, however, assure us that it is no kin to the gwayback. e This nation,” says Thomas A. Edison. “will reach its apex, then deteriorate and die.” This may be diamond disc prophecy but it looks like a spoiled record. ¢ Carranza seems to be partial to the pro tocol, but at last accounts Villa was content with the top-o-col. ¢ At last, Congress seems disposed to give “the right of way” to preparedness. Good! If the argument against it were given the right of weigh, it wouldn’t strain the scales. 2 Yuan Shi Kai relinquishes the emperor ship because China is not a unit for a mon- archy. Yuan Shi Kai would make a first class college yell, but he’d never do for ward leader in the ’Steenth. And the Jackass MITATION is the sincerest form of flat tery, and the jackass is a much flattered animal. comicbooks.com