Judge, 1916-06-24 · page 13 of 29
Judge — June 24, 1916 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces of satire: **"His Strong Point"** (top cartoon): A drawing of two women discussing a man named Charlie at a house party. The joke is that Charlie's only attractive quality is that he "proposes divinely"—he's romantically eloquent—despite being otherwise useless (doesn't dance, swim, golf, or ride). This mocks superficial courtship where smooth talk compensates for lack of substance. **"Farm Notes from Upper Broadway":** A humorous column satirizing urban apartment-dwellers attempting to garden on their fire escapes or small spaces. The narrator's incompetence (planting beet seeds upside-down, a nine-inch corn stalk) and misplaced concerns (the carrot/rabbit incident) mock both naive city people playing farmer and their condescension toward actual farmers' difficulties. **"Rhyme of the Pacifist":** A poem mocking pacifists (likely pre-WWI context) as weak, effeminate, and cowardly—describing someone who avoids all martial imagery and "has no blood in his veins." This reflects the era's contempt for anti-war advocates.
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Phyllis—1 don't see why Doris asked Charlie on Farm Notes from Upper Broadway Mr. A, Flatdweller Reports on Agricultural Conditions UR PLACE makes us wonder why the O farmer sometimes complains about hislot. We think that raising things is awfully jolly It looks like a bumper corn year in the United States. One of our stalks is up nine inches, and the other seven. Jones’ pet rabbit got into our carrots yesterday. It is an outrage how some people let their livestock run at large. We have clipped several leaves off the let- tuce, as we were afraid it was shading the radish too much. The beets haven't come up yet, and we are afraid that we may have planted the wrong end down. > feel rather sorry for the vegetable peddlers, because, after all, the poor fellows. have to make a living, There is a wet spot around the hydrant, and we are hoping to sce some watercress come up. STRONG POINT He doesn’t dance, swim, golf or ride. HIS the house-party. We have had a lot of hard work keeping the cucumber vine from going over to the neighbor's. The onion was looking peaked for a few days, but it seems to be picking up agai Wife has been over at the lumber yard getting prices on trellis for the tomato plant. We have decided that pumpkins are out of the question. Pumpkins require too much frontage. We are all hoping that this summer won't be as wet as the last one was. Wife wants to plant an apple tree, but car lease. but a cabbage takes —Douglas Malloch, we have only a one-) We all like cabbage, up so much room. You Know How It Is yw John wants Jane and Jane wants Ray, And Ray’s in love with Suc, And Sue wants George and George wants Ma So what’s poor DAN to do?—Jane Burr. Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just ever with. Amaryllis—But, my dear, he proposes divinely! Rhyme of the Pacifist STALKS abroad in the land; jd call him a freak; H (Of course he could not understand!) And, Moses, isn’t he meek! The flaming poppy and rose, He hates them both, I wist, ne wot For they are red, and it’s white he shows. For he is a Pacifist! The olive bough is his sign, And “peace” is his favorite word; Milk is his very strongest wine, And the ostrich is his bird; The ostrich or the dove, A dove to wear on his wrist, The while he prattles and prates of “love,” For he is a Pacifist! For him no martial stra Rather a song that will coo! He hasn't a drop of blood in his vein: They must be filled with “goo! At sight of a sword he'd shrink; A gun would give him a twist; He's a sort of “ink,” or a “missing link or he is a F —Clinton Scollard. comicbooks.com