Judge, 1918-09-07 · page 18 of 32
Judge — September 7, 1918 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines. **"Dope for the Huns at Home"** is the most significant piece—a political cartoon satirizing German propaganda. It depicts New York City in apparent panic from news of German long-range bombardment of Paris. The caption notes this image comes from *Fliegende Blätter* (a German publication) and was circulated by German newspapers to suggest American fear. Judge's republication with commentary mocks this propaganda effort, pointing out the image is obviously synthetic ("Great is synthetic information!"). This reflects WWI-era tensions and American skepticism of German claims. The remaining content consists of light domestic humor: complaints about piano students and noise, a music impresario relieved when his prima donna stops singing, and servant-employer awkwardness about eaten salmon. These are formulaic joke exchanges with no political content, typical filler for the magazine. The "Imperial Solicitude" illustration shows a German officer questioning troop positions—dark military humor appropriate to wartime.
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= -SHIENAYG S. ‘ | } MUSIC Exercise— Pat r—Who is making that infernal jangle on the piano? Mater—That's Constance at her exer. cise fer—W ell, for heaven's sake, tell her her exercise in some other way ton Transcript. Counter Irritant—Prospective Ten ant—You say a music teacher lives next r—that is not pleasant Agent—Oh, that won't bother you; he has five children and they make noise you can’t hear the piano Transcript. The Wisdom of Bennie—" My boy Bennie is lazy, but I must say he is ” said the musician going to follow in your foot I learned to play the trombone out cight miles Bennie is and I’ve got to march a every tim learning the harp, so they will have to Boston Transcript there is a parade let him sit down.” A Relief—“You must enjoy hearing your prima donna sing.” I do,” replied the impresario. don't know what a relief it is to have her get out and throw those high notes around to the audience, instead of ou yelling at me about her salary.” Washington Star Dope for the Huns at Home This picture from Fliegende Blatter purports to give an idea of the panic (see German papers) produced in New York by the news of the long range bombardment of Paris. Note the clock hy in the Singer tower, the adver well-known Prussian accuracy. and similar examples of the stripes in the fl information! Imperial Solicitude “Has the Seventh Di “Yes, your Majesty.” And uc About—fifteen centimeters.” u positions: legs in the air, in ditches, on bayonets, piled on hother in the fields orts of positions.” “Good, good! Fine fi The Darker picture here “What is the subject?” “A group of telephone girls enjoying a few moments of leisure in the company’s beautifully furnished rest room.” “Why not show the brighter side a telephone operator's life? You don’t expect the company to let us see how she looks when a crabbed woman is giv- ing her ‘Hail Columbia’ for not getting a number, do you?”—Birmingham Age- Herald. f Words Could Not Hurt—* James,” said Mrs. Mellow to the man servant, “can you find out whether the tinn salmon was all eaten last night? I don’t want to ask the new cook, because she may have eaten it, and then she would feel uncomfortable: “Please, magam,” replicd James “the new cook ate all the salmon, an’ no matter what you was to say to her you couldn't make het more uncomfortable than she —Baltimore American. comicbooks.com