Judge, 1918-03-23 · page 24 of 32
Judge — March 23, 1918 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** for N.B.C. Graham Crackers, but the left column contains satirical commentary on WWI-era American life. ## The Satire Section ("Prose and Cons") The short pieces mock various contradictions and hypocrisies of wartime America: - **Kipling reference**: A dig at Rudyard Kipling, suggesting Germany ("the Bear") is overwhelmed by indigestible "Teutonic" problems - **Camp Lewis gambling ban**: Sarcastic observation that soldiers are being prohibited from gambling, yet are being sent to France where taking chances with their lives is required - **The man with the hoe**: Ironic commentary that able-bodied farm workers needed domestically are instead "somewhere" fighting in the war - **The wealthy shooting party**: Satirizes the upper classes' performative patriotism—wealthy people canceling a recreational trip to North Carolina and crediting their own virtue, when the satire suggests Secretary McAdoo may have forced the decision - **Mrs. Fry's settlement**: Bitter final note: a woman killed by a train receives only $100 compensation, called "war-time economy" The page reflects wartime sacrifice rhetoric versus actual class-based behavior.
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Prose and Cons Kipling was wrong. It's the Bear That Crawls on Its Belly.—New York Sun. And the bear has its bellyful of Teu- tonic indigestibles just now. * * * </\n order at Camp Lewis prohibits the soldiers from gambling. Are we going to send men to France who do not know what it is to take a chance?—Tacoma Daily News. No danger of that while there are so many “Aces” in the American Flying Corps. Pa Ps F The man with the hoe never had a greater op- portunity than that which is to be provided for him this year, and there never was a time when it was more important than it will be thi for him to make the most of his chance.~ Dayton News. Only trouble is that the man with a hoe who is husky enough to do a full day’s work on the farm is “‘somewhere” with a gun on his shoulder. * * * Some young people had arranged to go South | for shooting with friends at their North Caro- lina “box.” This group is associated in the public mind with intense smartness and great wealth. Suddenly the entire expedition abandoned. The house in the closed and the reason for this change of plan was the general situation. One and all, they determined that there was a sufficient demand on the rolling stock of this country without their | using cars in the pursuit of recreation. It wasa sacrifice for all of them to give up their sport and the fun of being together, but the women turned toward their war work and the men to | their business, and thought no more of their balked pleasure. The instance of this aban- doned excursion illustrates to what extent are certain well-known persons fulfilling their sacred obligations. —The (Society) Chronicle One wonders. Did “this group” of | earnest souls determine, all by themselves, not to employ “the rolling stock of this country” in order to reach their shooting “box,” or did Mr. McAdoo step in and put the kibosh on their silly expedition just about the time they decided to re- main at home “fulfilling their sacred obligations” at the opera and with similar | war-time strenuosities of the “hupper clawses’?? * *. * Beer models are straight or belted at the natural waistline.—Woman's Wear. Especially in Germany. * s killed on the Nickel ol several days ago, was today named a strator for the estate of the deceased woman and as such received $100 from the Nickel Plate company. It was recog- nized that Mrs. F s trespassing on the com- | pany’s right-of-way when she was killed and the payment of $roo is voluntary on the part of the company.—Dayton N. Dear, dear! We had always supposed a bona fide wife was worth more than that. War-time economy, no doubt. |NBC.GRAHAM CRACKERS Vary The Breakfast Menu Breakfast in the average home is a most monotonous meal—the same foods are served moming after morning, with little or no variety. Surprise your family tomorrow morning. Instead of the break- fast food you usually serve, try N. B. C. Graham Crackers with milk—perhaps some of the family will want the milk hot. N. B. C. Graham Crackers supply abundant nourishment besides being appetizing. Sweetened enough in the making they require no sugar. Already cooked, they save trouble and are easy to serve. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Px Uneeda Biscuit