Judge, 1916-10-14 · page 18 of 28
Judge — October 14, 1916 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humor from European satirical magazines, translated for American readers. The cartoons present social stereotypes of various nationalities: **German humor** mocks both genders' appetites—women gossiping endlessly at fountains, men lingering in beer halls. The oyster joke plays on marital dynamics and drinking culture. **British humor** (London Opinion, Punch, Sketch) depicts Tommy the soldier comically over-saluting, a bank clerk struggling with ledgers, and domestic complaint about weather—gentle mockery of English life. **French and Spanish pieces** reference military strategy ("Spring Drive") and include a dog nostalgically admiring old bones, lamenting modern quality. The page's purpose is light, international cross-cultural comedy—"Judge" presents foreign magazine excerpts to amuse American audiences with exaggerated national characteristics: Germans as beer/food-obsessed, British as bureaucratic/militaristic, Continental Europeans as romantic or quaint. It's early 20th-century genteel stereotyping presented as sophisticated cultural humor.
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Providing for Nourishment *Dickerchen, wardest du mir wohl ein paar Austern zu der Pulle Schamms kommen lassen?” “ ind. ich hab’ doch gar keinen Sekt beste ~ Was, du hast keinen Sekt bestellt? Also, hd mal. soll ich etwa die Austern trocken runterwurgen? “Fatty, you'll order me a couple of oysters with that bottle of champagne, won't you?” “But, my dear child, I haven't ordered any wine.” “What, you haven't ordered any wine? Well, look here—do I have to swallow those oysters dry?”"—Lustige Blactter (Berlin). “Haben Sie schon gehért, Frau Schmalzler: die Stadt soll Wasserleitung bekommen, damit die Prauen nicht mehr so lang’ am Brunnen schwatzen.” “Na, wissen Sie, Herr Haberle, da massen wir auch cine Bierleitung bekommen, damit die Manner nicht so lang’ in der Kneipe sitzen.”* “Did you hear, Frau Schmalzler, that they were going to pipe the city for water so that the women wouldn't gossip so long at the fountain?” “Well, Herr Haeberle, then we must pipe the city for beer, too, so that the men won’t sit so long in the Inn.”—Meggendorfer- Blaetter (Munich). How It Happened Visitor—And how did you come to be wounded? Tommy—Saluting in the Strand, lady. Paralysis of the arm, a grazed forehead and a wricked back from springing smartly to attention!—London Opinion. A Juggling Act Bank manager—Now please understand, Miss Jones, you must make the books balance. Miss Jones—Oh, Mr. Brown, how fussy you are!—Punch (London). Madam’'s Strategy Crest la grande offensive du Printemps. The Great Spring Drive. —Le Rire (Paris). Non-Transmittable His wife—I wish this awful weather would turn a bit warmer! The fire-screen—Well, 1 was just thinking it had done. —Sketch (London). In the Museum of Natural Science El Perro (atmirado)—Esto eran huesos, y 90 hes ave ‘nos echan ahora! The Dog (admiringly) — Those are BONES! ‘They don’t have such bones nowadays! . —Blanco y Negro (Madrid). comicbooks,