Judge, 1918-05-25 · page 11 of 36
Judge — May 25, 1918 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon (Calvert Smith):** Two men observe a large cannon. The "veteran" remarks it's a "pretty big gun," while the "newly arrived" man wishes he'd had it on the Fourth of July as a kid. This appears to be WWI-era commentary—likely satirizing Americans' fascination with military hardware or nostalgia for simpler times, contrasted with modern warfare's destructive scale. **Main Article (H.W. Dee):** A satirical portrait of "Mr. Mark M. Black," a self-righteous gossip who claims moral superiority while spreading rumors about young people's supposed moral decay. He spreads hearsay about Ethel Magill, a prominent churchwoman, allegedly coming home drunk from a charity ball. The piece mocks hypocritical moralists who judge others while admitting their own "wickedness from hearsay." The closing joke—that heaven won't need much room after Mark arrives—is cutting social satire targeting sanctimonious busybodies. **Bottom Cartoon (Geo. L. Carlson):** "The Warfare of Love—No. 1. The Submarine Attack" (caption only visible; content unclear from description).
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m by Carvert Ssuti Vetweran—Pretty big gun! Eh, Bill? Newly Arrical—You bet! Wish I could of had it on Fourth of July’s, when I was a kid! Some People You Have Known Judge’s Portrait Gallery of Too Familiar Bromides By H. W. Dee R. MARK M. BLACK says that you never can tell nowadays just how much meanness young people know, or how much deviltry they are up to. Itis his private opinion that the higher you ascend the social scale, the lower you find the morals. His suspicions are well grounded, too—in years of desultory but faithful investigation in the evergreen fields of small talk and harmless gossip. Mr. Black himself is—by assumption—upright; and always has been. But he knows a lot of wickedness from hearsay. A member of his own church told him just the other day of some high carrying-on in a group of the most exclusive families in the city. He also heard, a week or so ago, that Ethel Magill, the most popular girl in town, prominent in church Drawn by Gro. L. Carson Tue Warfare or Love—No. 1. and settlement work and all that, had to be taken home from the last charity ball in a closed cab— drunk as a lord. é Mr. Black bemoans the fact that young people are not what they used to be. He attributes their condition to too much joy-riding, too much society, and the awful mass of salacious literature that these popular maga- zines have printed during the last ten years. Besides, he reminds us, there has been a deplorable loosening-up on morals recently and the really safe people are few and far between. According to Mark, heaven is not going to have to make room for many more folks. As soon as they get through celebrating his arrival, they will probably lock the portals and throw the key in a well. The Submarine Attack