Judge, 1917-06-02 · page 4 of 28
Judge — June 2, 1917 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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The top cartoon depicts "United States Bomb Pitchers in Action"—a sequence showing soldiers throwing grenades or explosives in battle, satirizing American military involvement (likely WWI-era, given the style). The "Editorials" section below mocks contemporary social trends: "The New Philosophy" ridicules the notion that young men without education or skills can become wealthy through modern commercial methods and personality alone—a critique of get-rich-quick schemes. "Sixes and Sevens" contains brief satirical quips about inflation, Mexican refugees post-revolution, marriage troubles, and international politics (Khan of Khiva reference suggests Central Asian colonial matters). The overall page represents Judge magazine's characteristic blend of visual political commentary and sharp editorial commentary on American society and foreign affairs.
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‘ & UNITED STATES BOMB PITCHERS IN ACTION a E D I T stick him into a modish, up-to-the-minute suit of almost any over him, middle-aged people and old ma jobs they have to offer. His pay will jump All of this is rare, new philosophy. It is almost as inter personality and oodles upon oodles of And we are glad that it is so. ness world is too slow and labored. old method relies too much on in- our present civilization. Merit isn’t The New Philosophy CCORDING to the most recent clothing ads you can now well advertised brand and make a regular commercial genius of him in a second. His companions will ®) y people will Fecognize great things in him ; and captains of industry will fall down before ©) == /A\ to a hundred a week before sundown and by Saturday night he will be junior partner esting as it is revolutionary. It stups fies one to think that he can get a aplomb thrown in with every twenty- five-dollar silk-and-wool suit; but it The old method of attaining t confidence and address so necessary to It specifies hard work, drudgery, patience and persistency, all of which trinsic worth and meritorious accom- plishment. It doesn’t even consider popular any more. It gives the younger, more modern generation a pain. take a young man without brains, learning or address, stand in awe of him, the girls will go mad 3 nr Sy NG = him and beg him to take the highest salaried with the steering wheel of the business in his grasp. thousand dollars’ worth of convincing must be so. satisfactory advancement in the busi- are disagreeable and antedated. The superficiality, the crowning glory of \ Gosh, but it takes a long time to get your order served at this restaurant! R I A L S A most cordial welcome, then, to the clothes that make the man! Now if some cunning financial genius can devise a method whereby a new suit can be paid for out of the first weck’s increase in salary, we'll all dress up. Sixes and Sevens W H everybody farming to keep from State after State going the “bone dry scripture is coming to pass which says: ‘Hoe, every man that thirsteth tarving—with route—that 2 Kings every now and then continue to drink each other’s health—but apparently the dinosaurs are all total abstainers. e Those Mexican refugees who declare that the new Mexican Constitution is unconstitutional must be lineal descendants of the immortal Bumble. An uncon- stitutional Constitution surely is next of kin to “the law is a ass.” 2 So live that your former sweethearts will point you out to their husbands as the man’ they might have married.— Kansas City Star. yyet marry, Lisfactor Might have married? M rather, if the alimony isn’t 2 Slacker husbands” are nothing Why, away back in Revolution- y times, while scouting around West Point, Pawling, Williams and Van Woert uncovered a peculiarly recreant Benedi new. * “The Khan of Khiva will grant his people a broad democratic Constitu- tion.” Mighty good way to avoid be- coming the Khan’t of Khiva. comicbooks.com