Judge, 1917-07-14 · page 8 of 27
Judge — July 14, 1917 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon titled "MILITARISM" satirizes military discipline by showing a fashionable lady criticizing soldiers for bowing to officers—yet the accompanying story depicts Jenkins, a coachman, brutally beating Halligan after being promised a bonus for delivering "two black eyes." The irony is clear: the lady objects to military obedience while ordinary men eagerly embrace violence for monetary reward, suggesting that militarism corrupts civilians as much as soldiers. The accompanying text pieces are unrelated humor: "The Reason" jokes about marital priorities (golf vs. cooking), and "The Pinnacle" mocks social climbing via wealth. The final cartoon shows manual laborers, likely illustrating working-class life in contrast to the lady's refined concerns. The page's core message critiques how militaristic values—obedience, violence, hierarchy—permeate American civilian life, making the lady's genteel objections seem naive or hypocritical.
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“MILITARISM” Lady (seeing sitting-up exercises) —Isn't it a shame that those young men should be made to bow down that way before any officer! coachman suddenly woke as from a lethargy. He stepped forward and landed a swinging blow with each hand. Halligan staggered back in bewilderment. “Sst! ther he said as loud as he dared. For answer, Jenkins gave him a vicious clout on the nose “Say! What the... He was cut short by a neat thrust in the solar plexu: The next moment he found his head imprisone in a vise, while he experienced a vivid sensation of being pum- meled in the face. “Stop! Stop!” yelled the onlookers in consternation. Peggy was too astonished to utter a sound “Jenkins, stop this instant!’* commanded Mrs. Ballantine. But Jenkins, bent on earning the extra bonus promised in case he should administer fvo black eyes, was so loath to desist: that Guthrie had to hurdle the rope and separate him from his prey by force. “Stop, you fool!” he said, miserable with suppressed laughter. Halligan did not wait to thank his rescuer. Pulling himself dizzily to his feet, he floundered out through the crowd, which parted in silence before him, Then he climbed groggily into his big red car and departed. But this time, contrary to his usual practice, he kept the muffler closed Go casy The Reason “PD RATHER play golf than eat, The reason can’t be mistook My wife had rater play Bridg Than try her hand as a cook Clinton Church The Pinnacle “Ts your wife perfectly happy now?” She has snubbed the last of the old we knew before I made my pile in “Oh yes. friends that Wall Street.” ARE YOU SUPERIOR? RE you a superior person? If so, how did you discover the fact? Did you think it all out ¢ fter a rigid and searching examination of the other people that exist upon the earth, hd reach the unalter- able and unavoidable conclusion that you were superior; Or did you just take it for granted that you were superior and let it goat that? If you used this latter method, it may be just as well to advise you that it is a dangerous one. Many an only child has taken it for granted that he was superior just be- cause his parents never let any other suggestion come to his ears, and it was only after he acquired a wife that his many de- fects began to be brought forcibly to his attention. othing. in short, can be taken for granted in this world, not even one’s own superiority. som: one invent a—waew—to make wild — way doesn’t —whe strawberries grow on trees ? whew