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This page is primarily **advertising for Judge art prints and wartime services**, with satirical poems addressing WWI-era concerns. **Main content:** The featured poem "The Painter-Man Who Always Paints His Wife" mocks a widespread artistic cliché—male painters endlessly depicting their wives in every conceivable pose and setting (breakfast, bathing, with animals, etc.). The satire suggests this obsession is tedious, creatively bankrupt, and leads to marital discord ("twenty-odd divorces"). **Wartime context:** Multiple references reflect 1918 anxieties: - "Omar in War-Time" parodies Omar Khayyam using rationing items (grape-juice instead of wine, meatless dishes) - A "Valuable Tip" section urges readers to mail Judge to soldiers at the front - "These New Fangled Names" jokes about confusing new food rationing terms with women's clothing **Art prints** by James Montgomery Flagg featuring sailors ("Everybody loves the sailor") were sold patriotically—relevant given Flagg's famous WWI recruitment posters. The page reflects how even humor magazines pivoted content toward war support and domestic wartime adjustments.

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James Montgomery Flagg Tel Telling It to the Marines A Present from Her Sailor Friend James Montgomery Flagg A Jill for Jack James Montgomery Flagg Everybody loves the sailor Here are five pictures for everybody for they’re all full of snap and tang as a sea-breeze. They are full- color prints gx12,onheavy mats ready for the frame and they sell at $.25 apiece— the five for $1.00 Judge Art Print Dept. 225 Fifth A Avenue War Babies Will Rannells } New York City The Painter-ManWho Always Paints His Wife By Grecoxy Srorriswoove HEN you view an exhibition Don't you yearn for prohibition, ‘That will bar each man from painting of his wife? True, the ladies all have “lines,” and Pulchritude of various kinds, and Often hair that’s, soon or later, “on the Titian.” First, perhaps, they pose—and gladly \fterwards a little sadly, When they see they've drawn a job that lasts for life, % they’re painted mid the roses. And I] the other poses— There are those who do need painting, but not badly. re often pictured nudish, + times they look quite prudish a bushy painter's portrait of his wife, jionistic, Others not at all artistic All are there, of all the schools, and multitudish. Standing up, maybe reclining Quite demure, or more designing— It’s getting so it pains me like a knife; Shown at breakfast, noon and twilight, Under sun—the moon—and skylight, In her nightie, in her tub, or dressed for dining. With an apron full of kittens, Or disguised in furs and mittens, It’s the same old family-painter, and his wife Who in grey, or mauve, or greenish, Growing stout or somewhat leanish— He dashed it off, he says, in fifty sittens. Grouped with hounds, or maybe horses, Playing golf upon the courses— Don’t let the chap deceive you, it’s his wifel Too, she'll watch or sport at tennis— Man, I say the thing’s a menace That will only end with twenty-odd divorces. Yes, in all my dreary life the Thing has pierced me like a fife, the Awful stuff she’s had to stand for, also sit; If of two one must be hung, and Then the other’s praises sung, and. Better hang the family-painter, not his wifey. Omar in War-Time By Lavra Siustoxs A JUG of Grape-Juice underneath the Bough— A Hod of Coal, a Corn-meal Loaf—and Thou Beside me, mixing Meatless Things— Oh, well! we've got some Sugar anyhow! Gathering News The interviewed—Yes, 1 lost my hus- band in the disaster. The interviewer—Total loss, or was he insured? These New Fangled Names “T have a heck of a time trying to get the hang of these new names,” says Farmer Hornihand who has two daugh- tersincollege. “I can’t never tell whuther you cook stuff in a camisole or wear a cas- serole fer a corset kiver.” A Valuable Tip UDGE was one of the three most popular publications in the camps in a list including all the leading magazines “The happy medium,” Judge, furnishes welcome relaxation for war-strung nerves. Stick a 1¢ stamp on the cover of this issue, according to postmaster Burleson’s advice,and drop in the mail; the Government will send it to soldiers or sailors at the front. Do this every week, and you'll make life that much cheerier for the men in camp and “over there.” Or send us a dollar and a soldier’s or sailor’s name and address —either at camp or at the front—and we'll send him the next 13 issues. Address Judge, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City Conservation By R. D. Lucas ASKED Serena for a kiss, The sweetest sweet existing! When she refused to grant me this In vain I kept insisting. She said, “Imagine what rich treats After the war await you— Just now I am conserving sweets, T can’t accommodate you!” Modern Methods “Mr. Carburette’s features do not seem to harmonize with each other very well!” “No, probably he had his parts assem- bled.” No Good For Him Auto dealer—Our car has even climbed Mont Blanc. Prospective customer—I know, but I ain’t got no fish customers on Mont Blanc. SAVE WORK and Half the Time in TYPEWRITING €& Entirely New Way—Learn at Home ‘Typewrite the New Way, the easy way. Only 10. lessons and you increase your speed to Soe monks a minute guaran- teed. This revolu- tionary method is totally diferent from the old touch | system.”” I is simple little gym- nastic finger exer- cises, practised away from the machine, Learn at home: in time, Pirst day shows results, No interference with Entire course on trial. No money unless you are fully satsched 80 to 100 Words a Minute Guaranteed Increased speed doubles bles salaries. formerly earn- Enecay #8 toes por week are eae Grawring S05" 256 and cten B00 weekly—nd thelr trork te easter thaw ever before. 32-Page Book FREE Scr tle ew attempt bere to to a <eunon of postal to-day for bg. 33-pa ‘Send THE TULLOSS SEHOOK: ae College Hill, “Seriagbeld, Obie Please send me your {ree book about the New Way in Typewriting. This incurs no obligation on my part. Address. ‘Mail to comichooks.couu)