Judge, 1917-06-09 · page 12 of 28
Judge — June 9, 1917 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two separate satirical pieces from Judge, likely from WWI era (based on references to "Germany game" and pacifists). **Top cartoon**: "At Syracuse University" depicts college students discussing how athletics have been suspended because young men are "training for the Germany game this Fall"—a dark joke about military preparation and young men being conscripted or enlisting for potential combat with Germany. **Middle section**: "Enchantment to Enforce an Ordinance" is a sentimental poem by Brattell Loomis celebrating pastoral nature, appearing unrelated to the satirical content. **Bottom cartoon**: "All is Comparatively Quiet on the Potomac" shows a congressman and senator discussing how the war will finally silence pacifists—satirizing how wartime is used to suppress anti-war voices and domestic dissent. **Right cartoon**: A domestic joke about a husband asking for a latchkey (house key), with the wife misinterpreting this as marriage proposal language—unrelated political satire. The page satirizes both militarism and political suppression during wartime.
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WCU OOO ty v 2 AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Elizabeth —Most of the colleges have discontinued sports, haven't they? Jock —Yes; the fellows are all training for the Germany game this Fall. ENCHANTMENT TO ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE All is Comparatively Quiet on the Potomac Ry BRATTELL LOOMIS Congressman—The war will have one good effect anyway. LOVE the tasseled grass that stands sé en Senator—Whatzar? And sparse and shimmering where pastures burn Congressman—Now the pacifists will let us have peace. Too warm from turbaned soil about the brows Of buried crags, once sun and serene I love the crowded meadows’ den: Of pikes and beaver hats and gle: That harmless pierce and flaunt blue eyes aloft, Which peer at ox-eyes in their dauntless way. T love sweet Indian g and woodlands’ frail Fine filaments that insect v lay sway, And barbered, luscious vere on lawns Is dear to sight when pione fail But Love is Love and lives in hope, which calls On more than has been given, hence I strain With tenderness to think upon the loss In breathing grass to cities where soot falls, Was her refusal cold and decisive >” Why. you would have thought we were married, and | was f government as the etiquette of abdica 5 asking for a latchkey.” ern princelings need to be taught not so much the comicbooks.com XUM