Judge, 1917-06-23 · page 23 of 28
Judge — June 23, 1917 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is dominated by wartime advertising and fundraising, reflecting America's recent entry into World War I (April 1917). The **"Ballade of Dead Kings"** poem and accompanying **Liberty Loan bond application** work together as propaganda. The poem's repeated refrain "Where are the kings of ancient days?" emphasizes the transience of power and mortality—a subtle argument that current sacrifice for the war effort ensures lasting legacy. The poem's tone suggests that empires and rulers fade, but presumably the nation that wins this war will endure. The **Liberty Loan advertisement** directly below asks readers to purchase government bonds to finance the war. This was a major wartime fundraising mechanism. The page's humor sections ("Failure," "On Time," "War's Sacrifices") are light comic relief typical of Judge's format. "War's Sacrifices" makes a mild joke about meat rationing while maintaining patriotic sentiment. The remaining ads (diamonds, art instruction, cottage rentals) are standard magazine filler unrelated to the war theme. Overall, the page demonstrates how American magazines merged patriotic messaging with commercial advertising during WWI.
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gasoline for Jue cannot wait and when it does arrive I ha everything else in order to read it from cover to cover. It’ rouch (not t of these maladies!), and is an all round good journal for every one to read.” $e June 23, 1917 Ballade of Dead Kings Reprinted by request from JUDGE of January 14,1803” EASURY DEPARTMENT 1917 ‘etary LOAN FORM NO. 1 HERE are the tyrant and the lord ‘ND CURRENCY That harried men in flesh and bone; That led them forth, a hostile horde, With clashing shields and trumpets blown? Where is the king of high renown Who emptied Babylon’s water-ways And drove Belshazzar from his throne? Where are the kings of ancient days? LIBERTY LOAN APPLICATION FOR BONDS This application should be transmitted through the subscriber’s bank, trust com- pany or other agency acting on his behalf, or it may Where is the king, as scribes recore Who, conquering all the countries known, Wept that his devastating sword Could waste no re ns not his own? And where are they in centuries flown, The kings Chaldean, whose earnest gaze Watched stars that on their graves have shone? Where are the kings of ancient days? Dated To the Secretary of the Treasury: undersigned hereby apply tor 8 par value of the 15- of the United Sta application. ‘The sum of $. is enclosed, being 2 Where the eis who when Rome roared Signature of subscriber, in full Over the gladiator o'erthrown Turned down their thumbs with laughing word And smiled to hear his dying groan. Where is the man whose fame alone Made monarchs, listening to his praise, Blanch at the name Napoleon? Where are the kings of ancient day s? \ddress—Number and street City or town County EDITOR'S NOT! patriotic duty a this advertisi RT Exvoy y be filed direct with the Federal Reserve Bank of his district or the Treasury Department at Washington. According to the terms of Treasury Department Circular No. 78, dated May 14, 1917, the and agree to pay par and accrued interest for any bonds allotted on. this applied for (or payment in full for the one $50 or the one $100 bond applied for). ss the G WY LOAN BOND, and it ts the satent lowest 30 Year 334 Per Cent. Gold Bonds per cent. on the amount of bonds eremment's cause. It 1s beth 3 me Princes, the seed of death is sown That shall destroy your insolent race; Aed naught shall tell save crumbling stone DIAMONDS" ON CREDIT Where are the kings of ancient days. 2,000 ilustrations of Albert Roland Haven. fortis = een eee Se acelieeaies ine sa BR058C0 US Dept. Atre ° 10a N. 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