Judge, 1918-03-30 · page 27 of 36
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This page contains two satirical pieces about wartime rationing and social class, plus advertising. **"A Plea" by Berton Braley** addresses Herbert Hoover, the Food Administrator directing voluntary rationing during World War I. The poem pleads to maintain sausage for breakfast while accepting cuts to meat, sugar, milk, and cream—mocking Americans' selective compliance with patriotic sacrifice. The joke: citizens will endure significant deprivation but draw the line at losing comfort foods. **"The Jolt" by Mary Graham Bonner** satirizes class pretension. A society woman attends a military dance to observe "common people" but refuses to dance with an enlisted man, claiming her social position forbids it. When he agrees she's right and walks away unperturbed, she experiences the humbling "jolt" of discovering a working-class soldier won't pursue her—deflating her snobbery. The W.L. Douglas shoe advertisement occupies the right column with vintage testimonial marketing about the founder's humble origins and product quality guarantees. The page reflects 1918 wartime attitudes: civilian sacrifice, military-civilian social friction, and class anxiety.
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| A Plea by Berton Brarey ELIEVE me, Mr. Hoover, I’ve been doing as you ask, Though cutting down the meat and been a painful task; y porterhouse and pork chops B give to me A gastronomic happiness akin to ecstasy; Yet still I’ll heed your least request and hark to every warning, But leave, oh leave my sausage in the morning. I'm cutting down on sugar and on milk and cream as well, Jalways take my lunches at a Hooverized hotel, But in this frosty weather when the tem- pest howls outside } There’s so much. warmth and comfort in a sausage crisply fried; It has a scent ambrosial I cannot think of scorning, I prithee, leave my sausage in the morn- ing. With buckwheat cakes and sirup it’s a gorgeous combination Which fills the inner mortal with a sense of vast elation; I've never learned to breakfast on some coffee and a roll, And so I make my plea to you in humble- ness of soul; | Take, take my wheat and meat and such | _ the dinner board adorning, But leave, oh leave my sausage in the morning! The Jolt ‘ By Mary Granam Borner T was at a military dance, one of I these present day ones officers and privates alike are on the floor. One of the hostesses introduced a young friend, a society girl, to a number of men. The society girl had thought it would be so interesting to come to an affair where there were “common pco- ple,” but still she did not want to meet any of the common ones—she merely wished to observe them and to smile at their gaucheri She was dancing with one of the men she had met when suddenly she noticed he was only a Private, “Tm awfully sorry,” she said, “but really I can’t dance with you. It "wouldn’t do, you know. I couldn’t dance with anyone but an officer—you understand, of course, owing to my position.’ “Of course I understand,” replied and walked off. NEW HOTEL BINGHAM, Philadelphia In the cent thing. Large, well light the man lroad stations pecial luncheons. Rooms without bath, $1.50; with bath, $2.00 per day and up. where | retail Te bottom of every pair of shoes ¢ before they leave the factory. | The value is guaranteed and the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. ‘ou can save mone ing W. L. Douglas shoes. best known shoes in the world. quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by more than 40 yearsex- perience in making fine shoes. The smart / (is L.DOUGLAS “THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE” $3, $3504 $4.50 $5 $G $7 & *8 W. L. Douglas name and the Price is stamped on the by wear- The stylesare the leaders in the fashion centres , of America. They are made in a well- ~~ The early boyhood days of W. L. Douglas were spent in hard work with long hours. Besides peg- ging shoes all day he wasobliged to gather cut up wood for the fires, milk the cow and take care of the horse, working early mornings and until afterdark at night by the light of a smoky whale oil lamp. Sold by Copyright .W L.Douglas Shoe Co. ienttocallat W.1 Dourlasstore, make. Write for booklet, showing equipped factory at Brockton, Mass., by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision mination tomake the best shoes for the price that money can buy. retail prices are the same ev more in San Francisco than they do are always w side top facing. high prices forinferlor shoes. of experienced men, all working with an honest deter- orth the price paid for them. stamped on the bottom and the in- Als ts your only protection apainst OF FRA over 9000; rs and 105 W.L_Douglas store: to erdershoss by mall, postage fre Presi W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO, 145 Spark St,, Brockton, Mass. Later he saw her dancing with an offi- cer. She had made sure this time. How happy she was! When she had finished dancing the private went up to her. “I beg your pardons: he said, “but the officer you’ve een dancing with was my chauffeur before we were both drafted. He was smarter than I was, though, and already has a commission.” The girl grew red, then burst forth: “T think you’re horrid—simply hor- rid!’ she said, and walked off, furious and embarrassed. And officer and private, former em- ployee and employer, chuckled heartily over the fact that they had given the girl who thought position was everything FRANK KIMBLE, Manager such a thorough jolt! All a Gamble Beauty doctorp—Madame would wish to gain the flush of youth? Miss Elder—Well, if I draw for the flush I might land a pair. Meant Well | She—Dear me, I do wish we had a gar- den! I was raised on a farm, you know. He—I know. _I feel almost disloyal to you every time I look at a green thing. A Patriotic Urge Colonel Grimbattleh—Why so gay? You were in deep mourning the last.time I saw you. “The Widow Lookabout—I was. But since the soldiers began to rendezvous here I’ve been called to the colors. comicbooks.coly here. They cost no in New York. They oI ay fot, ,ask your local dealer forthem, Tekeoo ether,