Judge, 1918-01-05 · page 21 of 28
Judge — January 5, 1918 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This wartime page reflects American home-front efforts during World War I. The main content includes: **"Judge's Trench Christmas Fund"**: A list of donors who contributed to sending 15,000+ care packages to American soldiers in France—a patriotic fundraising campaign. **"Food Stuff" poem**: A satirical jab at food rationing under Herbert Hoover's Food Administration, warning readers not to waste meat, sugar, and wheat. The repeated threat—"the Hoover man'll git you"—humorously personifies government enforcement of wartime conservation. **"We Must Follow-Up"**: A serious editorial referencing the failed 1915 Gallipoli campaign (where Australian and New Zealand forces were inadequately supported), arguing that American civilians at home must support troops with supplies and sacrifice—not just flag-waving. **AT&T Advertisement**: Presents the telephone company as essential infrastructure supporting the war effort. The page combines patriotic fervor, homefront sacrifice messaging, and gentle mockery of rationing policies—typical of American wartime journalism in 1918.
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GE Januar y 5, 1918 Judge’s Trench Christmas Fund THE following list of subscribers to Jupce’s Trench Christmas Fund closes the interesting array of persons and organizations whose coopera- tion has made this movement to provide holiday cheer for the boys “over there” so successful. A review of the work will be found oa preceding page. More than 15,000 kits have been as- sembled, packed and forwarded to France. Betz, Miss Loretta, New- Kelley, Helen EB. port, Ky. 50 | dora, Calif... $ 1.00 therine, Cairo, diaw, Mr. J. 1 ineriae, War | Lewy i satherine, Wa- 19 50 | “York City - 1.00 y. Hum, Labenberg. Mr. ¢. "A, altichmona, Va 1.00 50 3.00 1.00 1.00 . Oho, 7 2.00 Vehinger, Mrs. R. E. ~ $00) “Huteninsaa, Kans 1.00 Bcho- 1, | Worrall Stes, Morris, Wil- mintton, Del. 1.00 Food Stuff With apolozies to J. W. R.) ‘OU must not eat so much of meat Nor waste a bit of fat. Save sugar too; unless you do There'll be an end of that. No more the cake with frosting make, And, if you would avoid mistake, Of corn and bran, eat all you can; Be stingy with the garbage man. 'Tis excellent advising, that you really shouldn't flout, For the Hoover man'll git you Ef you Don't Watch Out! Don’t waste a crust! Be careful to conserve The precious wheat, and only eat Enough to keep your nerve. Make very small the butter-ball; On pancakes spread it not at all; But heap your dish with fowl or fish— And whale or rabbit—when you wish. Indeed you must I warn you all to banish any lingering little doubt That the Hoover man'll git you Ef you Don't Watch Out! —Jessica Hawley Lowell. A Possible Reason “T WONDER what on earth makes the baby cry so much?” ruefully exclaimed Mrs. Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge, / “He just hes and yells for hours at a time, over nothing a-tall, it pears like.” “Aw, I wouldn’t let that pester me,” replied her husband. “I reckon it’s just the little feller’s way of cussing his luck.”—Tom P. Morgan. The Insult “Food is ammunition,” she read. “ Food will win the war.” “Yes,” he growled, “your biscuits would make dandy bullets.” The story of the Gallipoli withdrawal is a tale of inadequate support. Like Sala- manders clinging to the red-hot bars of a fiery furnace, the boys of Australia and New Zealand clung to the slopes of Anzac. Desperately, heroically they clung. No troops under any circumstances ever displayed greater soldierly qualities or upheld more sacredly the best traditions of England's Army. But they had to with- draw because the “follow-up” was not there. To some of us it has been given to march with the columns of troops that go to France. And to others it is given to wave Godspeed. But he who marches and he who stays is equally a citizen of the world’s One Policy “War Babies” One System 225 Fifth Avenue We Must “Follow-Up” mightiest republic and equally responsible for its success in this greatest of under- takings. Then let us at home turn from our flag waving and consider how necessary we are, how useful we must be. Those who go to fight cannot hope to win by naked bravery and we cannot hope to win unless every individual at home does all he can. We must have no Gallipoti. The Bell System is only one of the myriad great and small industries which are co-operating that nothing be left un- done to keep a constant, efficient stream of men, guns, ammunition, food, clothing and comforts flowing to the front. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES Universal Service | "THIS amusing picture in full colors, 9x12, mounted on a heavy mat, ready for the frame, will be sent postpaid for twenty-five cents Judge Art Print Department New York City comichooks.ce