Judge, 1918-03-30 · page 10 of 36
Judge — March 30, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This satirical page from *Judge* magazine lampoons American political figures during World War I, likely circa 1917-1918. **"Sixes and Sevens"** column by Albert E. Hoyt mocks: - Congressman Bascom Slemp's bill requiring newspapers prove consistent editorial policy—absurdly suggesting papers can flip positions daily while remaining "consistent" - President Wilson for demanding executive powers instead of focusing on defeating the Kaiser - Senator Chamberlain's complaint about the war cabinet, joking Wilson can't help not having triplets - Henry Ford's boast about building naval chasers (warships), sarcastically questioning who'd want one with "grape juice" (reference to Ford's famous temperance views) - Nicholas Romanoff (the deposed Russian Czar) attempting a political comeback, comparing him ironically to Lincoln **Bottom illustration** ("His Easter Hat—and Hers") by Calvert Smith simply shows contrasting men's and women's Easter hats—a fashion humor piece unrelated to the political satire above. The overall tone criticizes wartime leadership incompetence and political hypocrisy.
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Sixes and Sevens By Aveert FE. Hoyt ONGRESSMAN Bascom C Slemp of Virginia has intro- duced a bill requiring that no newspaper shall be admitted to second class mail privileges unless it can prove that it has a consistent edi- torial pol Tooeasy! Allyou need do is consistently applaud today’s policies of Congress; then con- sistently applaud tomorrow’s totally different policies; day after to- morrow you can toss upa cent— if you can, consistently, after pay- ing your second class mail charges. 2 Maybe if the President would spend less energy in demanding blanket powers he’d have more left to put the Kaiser between the sheets. 2 The Kaiser stands in with the major portion of the Germans and the general run of the Austrians, but heaven help him with the Ken- tucky colonels. 2 me <a Dracon by Garvxex O. Reo Wuen Goop Fettows Get ToGETHER ‘ATOR Chamberlain com- plains that there ought to be a war cabinet of “three distin- guished citizens of demonstrated ability,” but is Mr. Wilson to blame because he isn’t triplets? e If Colonel Ephraim Williams had not been killed by the Indians he wouldn’t have left his money to found Williams College. If Dr. Harry Augustus Garfield had not been President of Williams Col- lege—Oh, pshaw! we don’t half appreciate our debt to the American Indian. 2 Henry Ford tells the Secretary of the Navy that he can build one chaser every day, but who'll want one with the grape juice? Nicholas Romanoff, sometime Czar of all the Russias, has taken to sawing wood in Siberia, but if he thinks he can ring in as a latter- day Rail Splitter President, he hasn’t a chance. Senator James must be joking when he says that Colonel Roosevelt We used to take off our hat whenever we heard gave Senator Chamberlain aphasia, making him forget a man called an uncrowned king, but nowadays we wish we had been a Russian or a Greek long enough to help uncrown him the President. A man who caught aphasia from the Colonel would think’ he had contracted a peculiarly acute brand of insomnia. Drawon by Cauvert Sautu | His Easter Hat—anp Hers icbooks.com