Judge, 1918-08-10 · page 13 of 32
Judge — August 10, 1918 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis **Top Cartoon (Gordon Grant):** A street-corner scene where a policeman directs a motorist to "125th Street" instead of their requested destination, mentioning "The Marines have just advanced a couple of miles." This is WWI-era satire playing on military advancement language—applied absurdly to New York City geography. **"The Human Dud" (Tom P. Morgan):** A satirical story comparing a worthless person to military terminology. Professor Pate explains that a "dud" is an artillery shell that fails to explode despite appearing functional. Old Dorsey Dudgeon applies this to his nephew Perry Petty—a well-raised, educated young man who "looked the real thing" but ultimately accomplished nothing and "simply dropped flat," becoming a candidate for legislature. The satire mocks both underwhelming individuals and politicians. **"Meeting Competition" (Orus C. Little):** Business advice column about recognizing and managing competitors, advocating aggressive but polite tactics—essentially "beat them at their own game." The page reflects WWI-era concerns and commercial competition during that period.
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Drain by Gordon Grant “Say—you'd better make that 125th Street. The Human Dud By Tos P. Morcax “TN the parlance of the trenches a ‘dud’ is a shell that fails to explode,” said Professor Pate. “It appears perfectly normal, seems to have been scien- tifically constructed and accurately fired; and, yet, after sailing like a roaring demon of devastation over the intervening space, it simply lobs down in the mud with an ineffectual ‘plop!’ It a “Uh-huh!” interrupted old Dorsey Dudgeon. ‘‘The dud is always with us. My nephew, Perry Petty, is a human dud. He looks like the real thing. He was care- = fully reared by a doting mother, and more or less educated at my _ expense. Kind friends often declared that he had a brilliant future \ before him, and he himself occasionally admitted it. He sailed through the air for a brief season, an exceedingly impressive spectacle, and then he simply dropped flat, and is now a candidate for the legislature.” Drawn by F. Mier Bill Snail—I do hope when the boys get back from France they won't have acquired an appetite for us. The Marines have just advanced a couple of miles.” Meeting Competition By Ons C. Lime T is not necessary to have a formal introduction in I order to meet competition. Everyone has to meet it sooner or later, or else go out of business. You never can tell at just what turn you may meet it, so it is best to be presentable at all times. In meeting competi- tion, you should always have on your company manners. There is more competition to be met in the world just now than there has been in a long time before, and more people must learn how to meet it. One of the main factors in successfully meet- ing competition is to recog- nize it as soon as it appears, and then to act as though - you had been expecting it all along. If you can tiptoe up behind it, and slap it on the back and grasp it by the hand before it is aware that you are even in the field, so much the better. Never let competition surprise you, or it will be apt to fluster you so that you cannot meet it at all. comicbooks.com