Judge, 1917-02-03 · page 7 of 28
Judge — February 3, 1917 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Main Cartoon (top):** Satirizes New York's class pretensions. A British Army officer is shocked to see a New York milliner's doorman dressed in a British general's uniform—mocking how wealthy Americans ape European military formality and status symbols. **Dialogue Scene (left):** Two working-class New Yorkers debate travel. Henry argues one should explore America first (Niagara Falls, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountains) before Europe. Markowitz's sister wants European travel. The joke: Henry claims he's "seen" Europe already—just by observing New York's diverse immigrant populations (Italian, German, Russian communities), suggesting New York itself contains "all of Europe" through immigration. **"Anti-Boycott" (bottom left):** A mild pun about boycotting eggs versus chickens. **"Zoology Lesson" (right):** A play on naturalists' writings about extinct animals. The joke: nobody writes about "the passing of the Buck" (money/wealth), yet that's what people actually understand best—a cynical comment on materialism.
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XUM Held Imagine the consternation of a British Army officer, on furlough, to see the man who opens automobiles for New York's leading milliner, attired in the uniform of a British general “Was you ever by Columbia College?” “What do you think I am, a professor? “Then why do you want to go and see Europe, if you ain’t seen New York yet?” “Who wants to see Europe!” denied Markowitz. “It’s your sister, and my weibel, what’s- ” fake my advice,” argued Henry America and then you'll have plenty time to see how they live in Italy with wines and spaghetti; where they play marches by funerals; where even a bootblack gets buried like a general, and where they have holidays with fire woiks a couple times a we Foist see the beauty from Niagara Falls and then visit Goimany with their fine bands and Wagner’s music; their Wurzburger and their Munchner; their Turn Vereins and beer halles—Take a trip to Yellowstone Park and then you can go to Russia with their samovars and vodka; their big fur caps in winter and their fan ‘mbroidered shoits in summer; their choiches and their homes.—Go foist to the Rocky Moun- tains at then you can taste goulash and cl ti, and spend nna or Budapest. ! Enough!” cried Markowitz, holding up his and glaring at Henry. “How do you know all them bout Italy, Goimany, Hungary——” “What do you think I am, like you?” broke in Henry, laughingly. “I don’t have to go to Europe; I’ve seen— New York!” and go to see foist Anti-Boycott She—How do you stand on this boycott of storage eggs? He—Gee, I'd hate to boycott a chicken. Zoology Lesson WwW READ a great deal among the biological sharks’ writings about “The passing of the Bison,” “The pass-~ ing of the Auk,” “The passing of the Dinosaur,” “The pass-} ing of the Mammoth,” etc., but we never read much about “The passing of the ‘Buck,’” though that’s what they all know more about than any of the others. Arabelle—Oh, yes, she married a millionaire! Isobel—A multi- or a mere? comicbooks.com