Judge, 1917-08-18 · page 2 of 28
Judge — August 18, 1917 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is predominantly **advertising and table of contents** rather than political satire. The left side features a full-page ad for Dumas's novels (Six imported volumes for $2.00), emphasizing French cultural heritage during WWI—clearly marketed to Americans supportive of the Allied cause. The right side lists the magazine's contents, including various humorous articles and drawings. Notable titles like "Effect of the War on a Business Man" and "The Modern Woman" suggest typical early-20th-century satirical subjects. The cover design, "A Boy Scout" by Will Rannells, appears patriotic. The page reflects 1917 America: pro-French sentiment, wartime cultural promotion, and conventional domestic humor—no specific political cartoon or caricature is visible here.
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THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE | as revealed in the present war—a spirit that has-aroused. the enthusiasm of the whole world, and has reared.in the Pantheon of every patriotic soul an imperishable monument to the honor and glory of our gallant allies, is the same spirit invoked by the great Dumas in this series of brilliantly romanticized histories. In the: dashing D’Artagnan, the clever Aramis, the melancholy Athos, the gigantic Porthos and the debonair Henry of Navarre, we see the prototypes of the heroes who at The Marne and Verdun hurled back the would-be despoilers of civilization’s greatest gift to man. Dumas’ Celebrated Romances AN IMPORTED EDIFION AT A WAR BARGAIN PRICE.OF ONLY $2.00 FOR THE ENTIRE SET ems aC NEARLY 3,500 PAGES English Ribbed Buck- ram Cloth Gold Decorations Thin, Strong, Bible- finish Paper Large, Clear Type Ilustrated Each Volume Size 6!(x4!; inches Get an insight into the great soul of modern France, the fruitage of that fine flower of chivalry which Dumas shows us was ever ready to draw the sword in defense of honor and principle. And remember that in these volumes appear that fascinating creation of feminine charm and diablerie, ‘“Milady,” and that baffling, inconstant, yet ever adorable, past-mistress in the art of love, Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, famous as the author of the Heptameron. Here’s reading to stir the blood and transport the soul to Olympian heights. Every boy going to France should take along a copy of The Three Musketeers. But get the whole set for him NOW, because they won't last long. No more after these are gone. SIX IMPORTED VOLUMES FOR PRACTICALLY THE PRICE OF ONE ORDER TODAY — You Won't Have Another Chance Like This BRUNSWICK SUBSCRIPTION CO., J. 8-18-17 1116 Brunswick Bidg., New York City Enclosed find $2.00 in full payment for the six-volume set of Dumas. Send books, carriage prepaid, to 2a 2 te RR EE oS ES ET a Vol. LXXIII August 18, 1917 No. 1870 Now Has the Largest Circulation of any Humorous Publication in America | Judge acme Se AE Ao ToL) Ean Tae aN c Oo N T E N T S Cover Design: A Boy Scout - - Painted by WILL RANNELLS No Caption Needed (Full-page Drawing) C. W. ANDERSON Editorials: Not One of Them—Sixes and Sevens Our Home Guard - - - Periods - - - - First Impressions (Full-page Drawing) Built for Speed The Collectors - Drawn by J. CONACHER GEORGE HIBBARD ORSON LOWELL Drawn by LAUREN STOUT BENJAMIN DE CASSERES | Their Prospective Reception - - TOM P. MORGAN Wisdom - - - - - - - TED ROBINSON Drawn by J. R. SHAVER | New York City Nursery Rhymes: Bowling Green LOUIS HOW The Wife-Beater Drawn by L. E. KAUTZMAN Presto-Changeo! HAROLD SUSMAN Rejected - - - - WALT MASON The Army Cooks KENNETH L. ROBERTS Exercising an Option - - - - J. A. WALDRON Drawn by NORMAN ANTHONY Natural - - - : - LEE SHIPPEY At the Tacoma Golf Club Drawn by F. L. FITHIAN The Notion Counter DOUGLAS MALLOCH Judge's Artistic Alphabet Treating Company The Power of Imagination - é - Effect of the War on a Business A. WALTER UTTING STRICKLAND GILLILAN | Placing Bliffkins ALBERT E. HOYT Loafing the Soul - - - HORACE SEYMOUR KELLER | Aunt Susan Maria at the Ball Game PAULINE EGGLESTON MANDIGO For Perfect Peace - - - WALTER JUAN DAVIS A Cold and Critical Town MAX MERRYMAN | The Modern Woman - ANNA CADOGAN ETZ This Is-ness Business - | Judge's’ Foreign Humor, With the College Wits, Passing the Mustard, and Jest and Verse by His Honor’s Humorists Additional Drawings and Decorations by C. Bertram Hartman, Zim, C. W. Kahles, Barksdale Rogers, Calvert Smith, W. O. Wilson, Flohri, Walter de Maris, Kemble, L. Fellows, Nip, James le Sueuer, and others Judge ls Printed by the Schweinler Press.