Judge, 1918-05-04 · page 3 of 38
Judge — May 4, 1918 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This WWI-era satire from Judge magazine depicts common scams and annoyances targeting inexperienced soldiers ("rookies"). **The schemes shown include:** - **Bargain Tempers**: Con artists selling worthless items (pillows, shoe laces, jewelry) - **Post Card Photographers**: "Commercial hypnotists" exploiting gullible soldiers' desire for photographs - **"Sally Suds" Monopolist**: Satirizing water waste concerns - **Family Expectations**: Soldiers' families assume wartime means their sons are fighting ("There's a War or Somethin'") - **Cakes and Stories**: Civilians profiting from Civil War nostalgia The cartoons mock both predatory merchants targeting vulnerable young soldiers and civilians' disconnection from actual military life. The humor relies on depicting rookies as naive victims of exploitation—a common theme in wartime satirical commentary about the gap between home-front expectations and soldier realities.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Things that : Every-Day Life Happen in the i. of a Rookie Tue Post Carp PuotocraPHers These commercial hypnotists, under patriotic pretence, work pictorial wonders—and the more susceptible rookies. Tue Barcain “Satty Suns,” TEMPTERS Y Monopouist Sofa Pillows, Pen- < Really, you don’t nants, Hat Cords, f know whether water Leggin’ Shoe Laces, has been wasted on Handlerehiets and ‘ your duds when they Jewelry. Q “ come back. Tuey Are Sure Tuere’s a War or SometHIN’ Blue Ridge Mountain Family watching “The Boys” march to the range. Drawn by Lavrex Stout ., 107th Infantry, Camp Wadstoorth, Spartan- burg, S.C. Cakes and Stories of the Civil War. comicbooks.com