Judge, 1917-09-29 · page 6 of 28
Judge — September 29, 1917 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: **Top cartoon**: Shows a domestic scene where a man sits surrounded by scattered items while a woman stands in a doorway. The caption jokes about inability to quiet a baby despite being a "pacifist," satirizing the contradiction between pacifist ideology and real-world parental frustration. **"A Lover's Weakness"**: A poem mocking a man named Maul who cannot control his lightweight girlfriend's behavior, suggesting male weakness in romance. **Other brief humor pieces**: Include observations about neighbors, actors' salaries, and marriage mishaps—standard magazine filler joking about domestic life and social pretension. The right-side photograph with caption "Shoulder Arms!" appears unrelated promotional material, likely from a contemporary film. The overall tone reflects pre-WWI American middle-class anxieties about marriage, propriety, and social status.
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“It’s a funny thing. John, that you can’t quiet the baby! And you a pacifist too!” A Lover's Weakness HEN Maud (who weighs one ninety- three) Begins to supplicate, And perches coyly on my knee, It has a lot of weight No matter yhat the boon she craves, I blushingly confess That, always, when she thus behaves, I give way more or less Like grass before the wind’s assault, Or grain beneath the thresher, I'm guilty (if it be a fault) Of yielding under pressuze No matter how I shift, evade, Grimace, or sternly frown, The weighty urging of the maid Ts sure to bear me down. It may denote that I'm possessed Of just a streak of yellow Perhaps hercin [ stand confessed A weak-kneed sort of fellow But [ must own that when I’m pressed Ry Maud, the stout but sprightly, To grant the most absurd request I cannot take it lightly —-It Nesom. Mean “How do you like your next door neighbors?” “Meanest people I ever saw. They deliberately waited for us to buy a flag, so they could get a bigger one.” Styles Change So Godiva took another ride through the streets, dressed the same way. But nobody noticed her. Why? Hobbs—Sir, the voice of conscience isa still, small voice. Robbs—Then what do so many con- scientious objectors want to hire a hall for? Comment He—The girl who marries me must have a sense of humor. She—And a darned queer one at that At the Revue “That actor gets a larger salary than he deserves.” “How much does he get “T haven't the slightest idea.” They Groaned King Cophetua married the beggar maid “What a her folks. mesalliance,” groaned The Idea! H, Satan's in an awful fix, And cannot help but sob! self into the Styx:— *s copped his job! —Harold Seton Anything The sexton—D. your new pew, s oot—Sure! ¢ up the sermons. you wish cushions in Anything that “SHOULDER ARMS!” comicbooks.com