Judge, 1917-06-30 · page 13 of 29
Judge — June 30, 1917 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon satirizes home-front wartime shortages. Mrs. Fore-flusher directs her husband Henry to shovel more material onto their roof ("the boards show through"), likely depicting makeshift repairs during WWI material rationing when proper supplies were scarce. "The Notion Counter" is a humor column of brief satirical observations about American life during wartime, touching on coal shortages, German military advances, tourism to Europe, daylight-saving measures, and subscription appeals. "Mid-War Musings" offers ironic verse advice about not judging the war effort, military policy, or patriotic criticism too harshly—suggesting that confident judgment about complex wartime matters is difficult. The repeated caution against hasty judgment implies many Americans held strong opinions despite limited understanding. The cartoon and text collectively reflect WWI-era American concerns: material shortages, military developments, and debate over wartime policy and patriotism.
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Mrs. Fore-flusher—Another shovel-full up there, Henry, the boards show through! The Notion Counter By DOUGLAS MALLOCH HE federal trade commission says that it does not fear coal shortage. But the federal trade commission hasn’t any furnace in its basement. The unrest in Germany is as nothing compared to that there will be in New Jersey as soon as the mosquito season sets in, The British troops appear to be acquiring not only some of the German line, but also a fine line of Germans. The question seems to be whether you prefer your grain in the form of breaktast food or a nightcap. Americans will soon again be touring Europe, and they are especially eager to visit ‘many. What we ought to save in this country isn’t our daylight so much as our gaslight. Probably engineers are called civil to distinguish them from conductors. Funny, but the less nerve a soldier has, the more nervous. Some women are casily jealous; the rest are just casy. The last place people think of going to is to bed. College may be out, but not near as much as dad. The way to work up is to keep your work up. The difference between a photograph and a portrait is $6 a dozen. For portraits of heroes see our marines. Necessity is the mother of subvention. U. S. spells “us,” not “others.” The knight has a thousand “‘I’s.”” Break bonds by buying bonds. If you don’t dare hate the United States, an easy way is to hate England. Now is the time to subscribe. Honesty is the bust policy. Has your wife decided yet where she is going to take your vacation? The Germans hang onto a line like the subscriber down the street. MID-WAR MUSINGS Ry ALBERT E. HOYT UDGE not the war tax by its yield to Uncle Sam in pelf; Two kinds there be: The tax that's just and th’ tax you pay yourself, Judge not the man by what you hear till his back yard you've seen; Whose auto horn the faintest toots may raise the tallest bean. “Keep money moving,” some folk say, some say: “Economize! Judge neither right, yet—like them both! tell Congress what is wise. In time of war, the President judge not with haste undue; He may be right—occasionally—when he agrees with you. Our honest critics we'd admire, but how—'twixt me and you— Could any man our critic be and still be honest, too? AUTOMOBILE PARTS comicbooks.com