Judge, 1917-05-19 · page 18 of 32
Judge — May 19, 1917 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous cartoons and jokes sourced from international publications (London Opinion, Madrid's Blanco y Negro, Sketch, Jugend, etc.), a common Judge feature. The cartoons satirize domestic and social behavior: - **Quarreling couple**: A passer-by ironically suggests marital disputes belong at home, not public streets—inverting decorum expectations. - **"The Honeymoon"**: Silhouette of a couple in a romantic pose, captioned from a London source, likely mocking newlyweds' affected behavior. - **Mr. Murphy**: An Irishman (stereotyped dialect) reports his wife disappeared during a car ride, playing on early automobile mishaps and the comedy of miscommunication. - **Navy/Army recruitment**: Soldiers questioning enlistment standards—likely post-WWI commentary on military bureaucracy. - **Matchmaker/Army romance**: Women rejecting suitors' marriage proposals using Victoria Cross (military decoration) promises, suggesting wartime romance clichés have become tiresome. The page reflects early 20th-century transatlantic humor about courtship, marriage, and military culture.
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Passer-by—Aren’t you ashamed of your- selves, to be quarreling like that in the street? Decent people do such things at home!—London Opinion. Y conste que entre nosotros todo queda roto d And understand that from now on every: thing between us is broken!—Blancoy Negro (Madrid) The Honeymoon —Sketch (London) Obeying Instructions Mr. Murphy (who, on his first joy-ride, has been told on no account to speak driver)—Pardon me, sor, for spakii since we bumped over those ston twinty minuts ago, Mrs. Mur-r-phy has not been in the car.—Passing Show (London). “What I want to know is—'Did we join the Navy or the Army’?”—Financial Mail (London). — Matchmaker als mer glaubt, »« is schcener als » uberhaupt lan) “If T do say it: she’s younger than you'd believe, she’s thinner than you'd think, she’ prettier than she looks, what are you wa for?”’—Jugend (Munich). A Way They Have in the Army “But if I brought you back a Victoria Cross, would you—er—give me a chance then?” “Oh, can’t you think of something origi- nal, Captain Brown? I've got half a dozen promises of V. C.s."—Sydney Bulletin, comicbooks.com