Judge, 1918-08-31 · page 21 of 32
Judge — August 31, 1918 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon satirizes German military confidence during World War I. The "seventy-five-mile Flivver-Gun" (a joking reference to a German cannon) is depicted destroying Paris landmarks—the Arc de Triomphe crashes into the Opera House. The caption attributes the image to a German newspaper, suggesting Germans imagined Paris's destruction. This is wartime American satire mocking enemy boasts. Below are four brief humor columns. "Journalism" and "Cullud Uns" sections contain jokes about newspaper editors, theater advertising, and a racist dialect joke about a Black southern minister. The "Glorifying Kultur" cartoon references German militarism ("Chariot of Victory"). The page reflects 1910s-era Judge magazine: anti-German WWI propaganda mixed with casual racism common to the period. Modern readers should recognize both the historical context (wartime satire) and the deeply offensive racial stereotyping.
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