Judge, 1918-06-29 · page 20 of 37
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains WWI-era humor spanning several topics: **"Officers" section**: Satirizes British officers' poor French during WWI. The notice humorously requests they speak English to French waiters, whose English is equally bad. The piece mocks military confusion over decorations (Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Croix de Guerre), showing soldiers bewildered by so many medals they can't keep them straight. **"Hopelessly Impractical" cartoon**: Depicts a soldier-turned-waiter serving officers, illustrating the reversal of civilian power dynamics in wartime. A colonel takes pleasure in ordering around his former employer, now a humble waiter. **Remaining sections**: Short jokes about dentistry and war experiences, typical of *Judge's* formulaic humor structure. The satire targets military bureaucracy, class inversions during wartime, and the absurdities of international military cooperation—all timely concerns for American readers during or shortly after WWI.
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OFFICERS Their French—In the dining-room of a hotel in France is a large placard posted over the mantelshelf and cont. ing the following notice “British officers are respectfully re- quested to address the waiters in English, as their French is not generally under- stood,""—London Opinion Confused—General Leonard Wood a Washington luncheoi There are so many rewards for brav- ery and devotion on the other side that a poor soldier naturally gets confused among them. “There’s the V. C. or Victoria Cross, said r ld, c'est peut-étre un hé é a son oncle de quitter Paris.” “That waiter fellow may be a hero, b Hopelessly Impractical . mais il n'a pa t he’s not level-headed began, he actually persuaded his rich uncle to leave for a safer place!"—La Baionnetie (Paris) the M. M. or Medaille Militaire, the D. S. O. or Distinguished Service Order, the C. G. or Croix de Guerre, and so on almost indefinitely. “A doughboy had a grudge captain, who was a bit of a martinet. Well, in the Y. M. C. A. one night a waitress said to the doughboy: ““Did you know they'd given your captain the C. G The doughboy laughed aloud. Serve him darn well right,’ he said. *How many days?'"—Detroit Free Press. Positions Reversed—* That's a smart orderly you have there. colonel.’ ‘o he is. And I must confess that I © a great deal of pleasure in making him step livel “Why so?” "est lui quia Why, when these air raids Scene from a War Melodrama Jamais je ne suis aussi bien rendu compte qu’ ‘aujourd'hui que le casque des poilus était une belle i al Ham Actor—I never realized till now the advantages of these soldier helmets!—Le féle (Pari “In civil life that fellow was my em- ployer and every time he pressed 3 I had to jump or lose my job!” mingham Age-Herald. Over the Top ing a middle-aged the Front upon his unmil ance. “ And why are you bald?” she roguishly inquired. “Ma ing. over my head.”"—London T \ young lady was teas- ptain retuened from ‘YY appear- m.”’ returned the warrior, bow- through junior officers stepping Bits. Common Occurrence—"What’s go- ing on here, anything unusual?” “Nope: just an army officer marrying the prettiest girl in town.” —Birmingham Age-Herald 2 meee sy j TEETH | Two Liars—First dentist—The fact is, I've got gentleness down to such a fine point that all my patients go to sleep while I'm pulling their teeth. Second dentist—That’s nothing! mine are beginning to have their photographs taken while I operate, because they al- ways have such a pleasant expression on their faces.—V. Y. Globe. Relief Promised—‘Hi, Bill! Here comes a gas wave!” “Thank heav almost killin’ m This toothache’s —Cartoons Maga: Surprising—Pat came to the dentist's with his jaw very much swollen from a tooth he desired to have pulled. But when the suffering son of Erin got into