Judge, 1916-11-25 · page 24 of 32
Judge — November 25, 1916 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for vacation cruises and other services, with small comic jokes interspersed. The main cartoon features two British working-class soldiers ("Tommy") reuniting during World War I. One asks if the other ran a whelk (shellfish) stand in Kent Road before the war. The joke's satirical point: the war has temporarily erased class distinctions—two men from humble civilian occupations now meet as equals in military service. The caption "the war don't 'arf level some of us down" suggests war's democratizing effect, though with darkly ironic undertones about death and destruction. Secondary cartoons are brief jokes: "Fritz" discusses home life; a child asks about playing in sand; a woman's photograph stops a bullet (physical humor playing on the phrase "would stop a clock" meaning unattractive). The bulk of the page advertises Ward Line cruise ships to Cuba and the Bahamas, plus services for patents and diamonds—typical Judge magazine content mixing satire with revenue-generating ads.
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