Judge, 1918-06-08 · page 8 of 36
Judge — June 8, 1918 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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**"Money" Essay (A.B. Booth):** A humorous essay satirizing humanity's peculiar obsession with money—the only commodity people never tire of, despite its monotonous cycle of earning and spending. The accompanying illustration shows a German military figure (identifiable by spiked helmet) studying money, satirizing materialism and militarism. **"The Czar of Russia" Poem (Walter G. Doty):** A darkly comic reference to Russian political chaos, likely post-1917 Revolution. The nursery-rhyme structure mocks the Czar's inability to control his millions of troops, with "Bolsheviked" (the Bolsheviks' seizure of power) suggesting the regime's collapse. The final cartoon caption—a street urchin feeling lonely despite youth—appears unrelated to the Russia piece, merely filling space. **Overall context:** These pieces reflect American attitudes toward post-WWI upheaval and revolutionary instability abroad, combined with domestic satirical commentary on money and materialism.
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Money By A. B. Bootu ONEY is the com- M monest thing in the world. Every human being on this sphere either has some money, or has had some money, or is going to have some money. It’s in universal use, and yet it seems to be the only thing no one ever under [[ any circumstances gets { fed up with. People get \ enough lobster and L enough champagne. They are surfeited by dancing, oriental «rugs, and kissing. But no one has ever taken a hate to the peculiarly poisonous green of bank bills, or the sensation experienced as they slip through your fingers. Men who complain at carrying home a spool of thread for their wife, cheerfully weight themselves down with all the money they can gather. It’s not as if there were any particular variety to what you can do with money. There is nothing in the nature of a climax or dénouement about it. One gets some money and spends it, and then gets some more Done by Dox Heroun Deaen'by Joux R. SHaver Bobbie—Gee! This bein’ too young is fierce! You Micut se Givixe tHe Susject a Littte Stepy, Wituias money and spends it. The only way to vary the proceeding is to spend some money and then get it, and then spend some more money and then get it. As an in- and-out-door game money lacks excitement and spice—though change is often in- cluded. There are a whole lot of ways to get mo: ey but people usually select one and stick to it year after year. I should never advise a young man just starting life to go in for money. There is no field in which he will find so much competition and so little chance to secure free samples. Russia Elucidated By Wautex G. Dory ‘HE Czar of Russia had ‘steen hundred million men. He marched them up the hill, and they marched him down again; And when he was up they were down, and when he was down they were—where? And when they were in the riddle they were Bolsheviked for fair. I never felt so lonesome in me life.