Judge, 1918-03-16 · page 8 of 38
Judge — March 16, 1918 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Judge magazine page contains several satirical pieces reflecting early 20th-century American concerns: **"The Great Cosmopolis"** (poem): A humorous critique of New York City's immigrant population. The piece catalogs countless foreign nationalities and ethnic groups—Moroccans, Russians, Prussians, Poles, Greeks, etc.—concluding that you can find "everything" in New York "but people from New York." This satirizes the city's rapidly changing demographics and the anxiety some native-born Americans felt about mass immigration, a major political issue of the era. **The tank cartoon**: References World War I's Western Front warfare, where tanks were recently introduced as military innovations. The joke plays on the term "tank" (the military vehicle) and domestic language. **Minor pieces**: "Between You and Me" offers disconnected social observations; "Picking Experience" contains a dated joke about an older man dating a chorus girl. The overall tone reflects period anxieties about immigration, modern warfare, and changing social norms.
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Draven by Hav Burrows “Dm so glad you came along, Aunt Emma. We're going to start a big offensive, and we need a tank!” Between You and Me By Joux J. Corcoran OW does it happen that nearly every magazine on the newsstands contains the exclusive con- greatest tributions of the country’s living writers? If the days of miracles are over, how do the Pull- man porters manage to get such a definite part in their short, kinky hair? Maybe the Kaiser believes that he has a divine right simply because of its superiority over his shriveled left. fe seems to me that the real difference between a discussion and an argument is the tone of voice used. Who is responsible for the decree that compels umpires and hotel baggagemen to wear dark-blue flannel shirts? 5 Isn’t it a bit queer that the books of familiar quota- tions should so completely ignore the stock market? The other day I met the eighth wonder: a man who admitted that he hasn’t a keen sense of humor. There is one person for whom I shall always have a particularly warm feeling: the barber who, when I was fifteen, cut my hair and then added, “Shave, sir?” A Business Genius Unlucky fisherman—Boy, will you sell that big string of fish you are carrying? The boy—No, but I'll take yer pitcher holdin’ it fer fifty cents. The Great Cosmopolis By Howarp Dierz EW YORK is full of aliens, Moroccans and ralians, Brazilians and s and the swarthy Hindu- stans— Infested with Peruvians, Phoenicians and Vesuvians, Algerians and Syrians and many other clans. New York is full of Russians, Full of Prussians, Full of Swedes— Bavarians, Hungarians, And other motley breeds— The populace of every place from Kankakee to Cork. New York is full of everything— But people from New York. New York has its Bulgarians, Its Polish and Ontarians, Parisians and Silesians and the folk of sunny Spain. New York has its Rumanians, As well as Lithuanians: New Yorkers come from China, Carolina, Greece and Maine. New York is full of Tartans, Full of Spartans, Full of Greeks— Croatians and Dalmatians and A thousand other freaks . . . To find a real New Yorker is a problem tough as pork— New York is full of everything but people from New York. Picking Experience First chorus-girl—Rather an old boy who took you out to supper last night. I didn’t know you cared for this dotage business. Second chorus-girl—The old grandpa you refer to may be in his dotage; but believe me, Mamie, he does understand table d’hote-age. . Drawn by R. B. Furrer A Fascinatinc Game