Judge, 1917-04-21 · page 21 of 32
Judge — April 21, 1917 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page collects humorous cartoons and jokes from European satirical magazines, reprinted for American Judge readers. The content spans working-class and genteel humor: **Key jokes include:** A clerk solving a measurement problem with a snake (absurdist humor), a wine merchant outraged that the mayor seated him between a chemist and water-works manager—implying he'd be positioned between unpleasant odors. A husband confused why his wife uses tongs for room-temperature sugar. A fishmonger misunderstanding a customer's cockney accent requesting a "haddock" versus a "fick 'un." **The satire targets:** Class anxiety (the wine merchant), marital dynamics (nagging wives), working-class speech patterns, and the inconveniences of urban life (smoking in flats, soap rationing). The cartoons are credited to German and French publications (*Lustige Blaetter*, *Le Rire*, *Passing Show*), suggesting Judge showcased international humor to demonstrate cosmopolitan sophistication.
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handlung)—Zu dumm! en, und habe meinen ce Riesenschlange, die measure the shop but forgot my meterstick. Clerk—Here, take this snake. He is exactly two meters long.—Lustige Blaetter (Berlin). den Direktor der Wasser- gexenueber den Staatsanwalt, —What are you in such a rage about, Herr Panschme Wine merchant—Just imagine our mayor's nerve! At the banquet yesterday he put Dr. Alkali, the chemist, on one si and the manager of the water wor! other, and the District Attorney opposite!— Fliegende-Blaetter (Munich). LAUGHS FROM In Genteel Society Wife—Use the tongs in ‘ere, William, for the sugar. Husband (surprised)—W'y! is it?—Passing Show (London). ’Tain’t ‘ot, Enfin, vous sentez-vous capable de faire un bon je vous crois: v'la quinze ans que j‘travaille comme ébéniste!” “So you think yourself capable of making been a cabinet-maker for Le Rire (Paris). The Noxious Weed ife of his bosom—I wish you wouldn’t smoke in the flat, Herbert, it will flavor the vegetables. —Passing Show (London). OVER The young customer—Please I want a had- ick. The fishmonger—A Finnan? The young customer—No, a fick ’un!— Sketch (London). Don’t make such a long face, comrade— I must be sparing with the soap!""— Meggendorfer Blaetter (Munich).