Judge, 1918-02-09 · page 8 of 36
Judge — February 9, 1918 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a collection of essays and illustrations about humor, not a political cartoon. The main visual is Mark Fenderson's drawing labeled "Ach: Mein Gott: Vich vay is he going?"—a caricature of Russia depicted as a wounded, suffering bear, with German-speaking figures above (likely representing Germany or Central Powers looking down at Russia's plight). The context appears to reference **Russia's desperate situation during World War I** (likely 1916-1917), when the country faced military collapse, internal chaos, and eventual revolution. The German dialogue and Russia's prostrate position suggest commentary on Germany's advantage or Russia's vulnerability during the conflict. The surrounding text consists of literary definitions of humor by various American writers, separate from the political imagery. The cartoons accompanying these essays ("The Crucible" by Shaver) are unrelated satirical commentary on editors' treatment of submitted work.
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THE SUNSHINE OF LOVE By Raymoxp Hitcucock Actor and Humorist HU™Mor is such a wide-spreading thing that it is difficult to bottle it up into a trite expression. Without humor hope dies. Behind humor stand courage, endurance and kindness. These three go to- gether with no other quality. Courage might be from fright, endurance from revenge, kindness from a love of show, but the three stand for all they represent, back of humor. And whatis humor? Itis that quality that makes you feel sorry for a Baptist minister who has preached a small town dry, cardless, danceless, lightless and has to live there forever afterward. Humor is the sunshine of love. P. S.—If I could spell better I’d write more. NOTHING IN THE BASKET By Branper Mattuews Author and Critic T have taken up a collection of my thoughts; and I fail to find among them anything that could be called a definition of humor. “Ach: Mein Gott: Vich vay is he going?” THE CRUCIBLE By Minna Irvine F Poet and Essayist = | i | Draton by Mark Fenverson HUMOR LAUGHS WITH MEN you write a little skit you think By Cyrus Townsenp Brapy With Twain’s best seller ranks, Noseist and Playerigh . . It is not humor though, if Judge T° your request I quote the following brief discus- Declines the piece with thanks. sion from my book, “The Master of Repartee.” You write another saying, “Well, Wit is more definitely related to the intellect; I'll send it in, by heck!” humor to the emotions. Wit is an efflorescence of the It’s humor of the highest if mind; humor the growth of nature and accident. Wit From Judge you get a check. may be studied; humor is always natural. Wit may be . pungent and exacerbating; humor is balmy and ameli- orating. Wit may be bitter and aggressive; humor is genial and kindly. Humor laughs with men; wit laughs at men. Wit is sometimes the result of toil; humor, | like the quality of mercy, is not strained. Also ‘‘it is 1] twice bless’d; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”” Wit is born of the intellect and imagination; humor is an innate quality of being, without which in- tercourse loses its savor, friendship its tenderness, and love its peace. Yet, paradoxical as it may seem, no hard and fast line can be drawn between them. Glad- stone professed to be unable to distinguish one from the other. The highest wit should partake of the gentle quality of humor. Wit when sweetened by love be- cometh humor. SIDE-STEPPING RIDICULE By Cuarres Hanson Towne Poet and Editor ‘THE other day I heard awoman say: “I don’t know what I’d do without my sense of humor—I laugh at everything.” Which, of course, was proof positive *that she had no humor at all. A sense of humor is a sense of balance; a sense of * proportion. Above all, it is the power to keep one’s self from being ridiculous. It also includes the previous gift of being able to see a joke, even when it is on one’s self. Draven by J. R. Suaver 1 That is all I know about humor, and all I need to Billy—It wouldn't take me long to learn to do that. I often know. beat the rugs for mother. comicbooks.com