Judge, 1917-05-12 · page 19 of 28
Judge — May 12, 1917 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects short comic anecdotes translated from European satirical magazines (Punch, Jugend, Der Brummer, Le Rire, Passing Show). The humor is genteel and domestic rather than overtly political. The jokes include: an artist's model trapped with a wasp in her helmet; a boy scout mistakenly stopping an artist from sketching a harbor; a gentleman whose tailor's persistently waiting wife is finally deterred by a mousetrap in the hall; a girl defending a cousin's kiss as acceptable because it happened behind her back; and a Parisian complaint about wartime inflation affecting even whipped cream prices. These reflect early 20th-century concerns: minor social embarrassments, class interactions, gender propriety, and—in the final joke—the economic hardships of World War I. The page demonstrates *Judge* magazine's international perspective, presenting Continental humor as sophisticated entertainment for American readers.
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XUM HUMOR ery nice view here?” “Why, Arthur, I don’t thint An Unwelcome Intrusion Artist—What the deuce is the matter with you? Can't you keep still? Model—No, sit; you've fastened my hel- met up and there's a wasp inside!—Passing Show (London). FROM That's Different scout—Sketching the harbour’s not Artist—Confound you! My name's Cad- mium Brown, and—— Boy scout—Carry on, then. We've got orders to treat you as harmless.—Punch (London). ng hat die Prau des gc{lerezWie?, Zwei Stunden, tar auf mich gewartet? a. Nicht Himmel und Holle hat sie wee- Herr—Und wie bist du sic dann los geworden? Wi schon gar keinen Rat zimmer cine Mausefalle 1 verschwunden! ist sie auf € Gentleman—What! the tailor’s wife waited for two hours for me? Servant—Yes. Heaven and hell couldn’t move her. Gentleman—Then how did you finally get rid of her? Servant—After I had told her everything else that I could think of, I a mouse trap in the hall, and then she disappeared.— Jugend (Munich). FOREIGN LANDS i, Lenchen, du liszt dich deinem Vetter auf den als Kassen.” “Ach was, es geschicht ja hinter meinem Racken!” “Shame, Nelly! You let your cousin kiss you on the ni “Oh, nonsense—it was done behind my back!""—Der Brummer (Berlin). More Horrors of War “Comme la vie a augmenté depuis la guerre! Je paye vingt-cing sous ma créme fouettée.”” “How the cost of living has risen during the war! I pay twenty-five sous for whipped cream!”—Le Rire (Paris).