Judge, 1917-09-01 · page 22 of 28
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This page from Judge magazine (1917) contains poetry and humor reflecting **wartime anxieties about gender roles and food scarcity during World War I**. The lead poem "Sentenced to Hard Labor" satirizes upper-class women at summer resorts doing patriotic handicraft for soldiers while complaining about it—but ironically suggests their "patriotic fervor" evaporates immediately if an attractive male dancer appears. "Dangerous Germs at the Summer Resorts" jokes about "grass widows" (women whose husbands are away), likely military service. "The Main Point" offers a darkly humorous vignette where a man prioritizes custody of dogs over children during a separation—poking fun at misplaced priorities. "Food Substitutes" presents satirical recipes using wartime substitute ingredients (alfalfa, jimson weed, soybeans, locust-pods), mocking the resourceful-but-unappetizing dishes Americans endured during rationing. The remainder is advertising and promotion for next week's issue. The overall tone reveals middle-class anxiety about homefront sacrifices during WWI.
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Subscribe to the % Red Cross & hiladelphia, A hotel in the center of the city, with superior service and every comfort at surprisingly low rates Rooms with Bath $2.00 a day and up Rooms without Bath $1.50 a day and up Café and Grill with unexcelled cuisine. The Walton Roof Garden is one of Philadelphia’s Show Places. Dancing every evening after 8. Dooklet om Philadelphia in generel and the WALTON in particular, on request EUGENE G. MILLER, Manager oreNWArto HOTEL WEBSTER 40 W. 45th Street Just off Sth Ave. The most beautiful of the City’s small hotels. Four minutes’ walk to 40 Theatres. Center of shop- fing district. Much favored by women traveling alone. $2.50 up. Send for Booklet A W. JOHNSON QUINN Sentenced to Hard Labor 'T is Summer and the ladies now have gone away to rest, You will find them in the country, and down where the breakers roar, In the rockers they are tilting as they gossip with a zest, And the chatter is sarcastic for the younger ones are sore. They've been sentenced to hard labor, told to sew, crochet and knit, To the music of the fox trot and the two-step’s luring strains, While the only men to peek at are the chauffeurs of the jit, A few porters, and the bell hops, and the bashful country swains. It is nice to see our women giving up their Summer joys, So inspiring to the children and those of the younger set, Yet before awarding medals for devotion to “our boys” (Do not call me idol-breaker if I make a little bet.) Should a male drop in among them who could dance with grace and skill, All the needles would cease jabbing while the music held its sway, And the patriotic fervor would soon get a fatal chill, So next Winter our brave soldiers would be freezing far away. James T. Sullivan. Dangerous Germs at the Summer Resorts Teaser—Has your hay fever started yet, old man? Sneezer—No, but I am expecting it to any day. The grass widows have been here some time. The Main Point “Tuck Straddup and his wife have separated,” related Mrs. Gap Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge, Ark. “Mizzus Strad- dup takes the children, and——" “Who takes the dogs? rupted her husband. agerly inter- His Superiority “Is your new hired man any. improve- ment over the old one ais “Yes, I b'lieve he is,” replied honest Farmer Hornbeak. “He don’t get in my way quite as much.” Food Substitutes H AIL to the chef who in triumph ad- vances Bearing mock ribroast and bread-sub- stitute, French fried alfalfa which gladdens our glances. Lawnmower salad suit, Asparagused jimson weed, Spinach from burdock seed, Boston baked soybeans and locust-pod pe Hail to the chef we say, Whose genius finds a way To keep us plump and gay with foods like these! —Lee Shippey. a queen’s taste to NEXT WEEK'S JUDGE will have a happy cover entitled “The Flower of the Family” By C. H. TAFFS The number will be very rich in other illustrations by ORSON _ LOWELL RODNEY THOMPSON FLOHRI IM C. W. KAHLES WESTMACOTT C. BERTRAM HARTMAN DAVID ROBINSON WALTER de MARIS CHARLES SARKA NORMAN ANTHONY F. L. FITHIAN . And others The text is sprightly, amusing, and up to the minute, WALT MASON CLINTON SCOLLARD STRICKLAND GILLILAN TOM P. MORGAN CHESTERTON TODD W. E. NESOM J. L. HARBOUR ALBERT E. HOYT LAWTON MACKALL DOUGLASS MALLOCH J. A. WALDRON and others, and the number emphasizes the motto of His Honor, “THE HAPPY MEDIUM” Copyright, 1917, by LealieJud Dy. Entered at the Post-o w York as mail matter, Cable address. “Ju NSFobone 63: on Square. Published weekly by Leslie-Judge Company, Brunswick Building, 225 Fifth Aven York. Washington Representativ Wyatt Building, Washington, D.C. John A, Sleicber, Presideat, = Reubeo P. Sle t, Treasurer. 4. A. Waldroa, Editor, Grant E, Hamilton, Ait ‘Dice SUBSCRIPTION RATES postal order. The contents of JUDGE are protected by copyright United States, and Great Br TEIUDGE cannot be found at any newsstand, the publishers wil biigations if that fact be promptly reported oa pos MBERS: Prevent year, 10 cents rer copy; 1916, 1915, 20 cents, ete. Postage free in the United States, its dependencies, and Mexico. To Canadian Provinces add 50 cents a year for postage; to foreign countries add $1.00 a Tremont Building : : Judge ls printed by the Schweialer Press