Judge, 1916-10-14 · page 11 of 28
Judge — October 14, 1916 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon:** A lady visits a dentist with her small dog. The joke plays on the dentist's reassurance that the procedure won't hurt—but he's talking to the dog ("Prince"), not the lady, suggesting the animal is the actual patient or that the lady is being humorously treated as less important. **"An Old Acquaintance" Essay:** A philosophical piece about perspective and human nature. It humorously explains why two people viewing the same thing see it differently—they're literally standing in different positions. The essay concludes that this universal human difference in viewpoint means "the world is round" (people constantly must move/adjust), making constant motion inevitable in life. **"Indeed" Joke:** Social satire about changed class expectations. A woman ran away with her father's coachman; the response dismisses this as unsurprising for a family without a chauffeur—implying the automobile age has made horse-drawn transport and its attendants obsolete or lower-class. **"Postponed" Joke:** A divorce is delayed because the husband has "tremendous luck with a war-bride"—likely referencing marriages involving World War I soldiers, treated here as temporary romantic fortune. **"Distance" Poem:** Rural vs. urban class commentary. City dwellers condescend to rural "plain folks," yet admit they bore them—acknowledging rural people's solid virtue while maintaining snobbish distance.
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Ledy—Could you extract a tooth without pain? An Old Acquaintance ‘OU don’t like it. You're right not to like it. You don’t like being con- tradicted. You don’t like hearing what you are sure is untrue without contradicting it. Naturally, you are not blind. If you are look- ing right ata thing, you can see it. It is queer that the He must be a most You don’t meet many He's other fellow can’t. peculiar person. like him. Just look at him, now! worth looking at. But say! he wasn’t looking at what you were looking at, at all, was he? Any- way, he wasn’t looking at it as you were. That accounts for it. Of course, standing where he did, he saw it that way. He couldn’t help it, though he need not have been so blessed dogmatic about it. Better just move over and let him stand where you stood. That’s it. Now he’ll— But wouldn't that jar you? He stands right there and swears it’s that when you can see now that it’s this. That’s him all over! And it’s that way all the world around, too. It’s a lucky thing that the world is round, isn’t it? Because, somehow, a fellow has to keep moving so much. Dentist—Certainly! Lady—Sit in the But, after all, when you get back to the first place it looks just as it did in the first place. Now, say, that’s odd, isn’t it? There must be something wrong Mischief. like Misfortune. ks like Misery. It is Misunderstanding. —Charles C. Jones. Distance HE FOLKS back home scarcely pass As ly intellectual; Their ways are very middle class, Their wit is ineffectual. You wouldn't care to hear their jokes So dull and unsophistical, They're simply plain and homely folks And not outre or mystical. would Yet scorn them not, for they lead clean And sturdy lives laborious, True honor shows in every mien, Their deeds are meritorious, They are the backbone of the land, While you, who jeer them breezily, Are just a light and airy band That could be spared right easily. Why then, you ask, do I still stay Away from them so cheerfully? Well now, you sce—I mean to say- I—well, they bore me fearfully! —Berton Braley. chair, Prince, the nice man won't hurt you. Indeed 6¢QHE ran away with her father’s coachman?” “Oh, well, what can you expect of a family that doesn’t keep a chauffeur?” Postponed -—Have you started your divorce Claire—No—hubby’s just had a tre- mendous run of luck with a war-bride! FASHION'S LATEST—THE HAIREM VEIL comicbooks.com