Judge, 1918-09-28 · page 10 of 32
Judge — September 28, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis for Modern Readers This Judge magazine page contains WWI-era satirical humor (likely 1917-1918): **Top cartoon**: Shows a military figure (likely Kaiser Wilhelm II, identifiable by the spiked helmet and "GIVE ME WORLD DOMINION" speech bubble) as a bloated, aggressive caricature. The title "What Happens to All Good Army Mules When They Die" is a dark joke suggesting German militarism leads to damnation. **Text sections** are humorous vignettes poking fun at American domestic life and attitudes: - "Able Assistance": Small-town incompetence - "Breaking It Gently": Polite society's awkwardness - "Already Attended To": Celebrates American soldiers ("Sammies") successfully destroying German grenades - "Spray Them With Perfume, Henri": Mocks overly refined or insufficiently patriotic men - Remaining stories joke about cheapskates and urban apartment living The overall tone reflects American wartime sentiment—mocking Germans while gently satirizing American social pretensions and domestic quirks. The humor assumes readers' familiarity with WWI patriotic fervor and contemporary slang.
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Draws by H. Parson Wuat Happens Able Assistance ! What's coming off here?” demanded Constable am jackputter, the redoubtable sleuth of Pe- tunia. “ You're blocking traffic; that there dray can’t back up in front of the New York Store. What's the matter with you?” “This is the first time I've ever driv’ this ‘ere hand car,” answered the culprit, “and ‘pears like I've forgot what they told me about how to whoa and gee and haw it, second- and——" “Well, you just keep a-holt of the rudder, like you are now,” sarcastically directed the officer, “and let her continner to snort and stutter. After you've got outside of the city limits, you stop. I'll turn the town around, and you can come on through it again and go home.” . "GIVE ME RLD Breaking It Gently It was a portly, but very polite, person who sat next to Jones in a railway station, “Pardon me,” said he to Jones, “but what would you say if I sat on your hat?” “Suppose you sit on it and the k me,” ally suggested Jor “I did,” said the portly person, imperturbably sarcastic- Already Attended To Gasper—I hear that Ger gents have been tam- pering with our hand-gren- ades, and trying to put them on the bum. Jasper—Well, the weren't very successfyl; be cause our Sammies have al- ready put thousands of them Dron by C. D. Bacnezon completely on the Fritz To Att Goop Army Mutes Wu “Line’s Busy!” x Tuey Die Spray Them With Perfume, Henri! Men who read vanishing cream ads. Men who lead poms and chows on public thoroughfares. Men who elevate their eyebrows and say, “Indeed!” as if visibly affected. Men who think it’s a righteous war, but we mustn't be too rough. Men who rave about their “souls.” Hated to Say Good-Bye Jones was a noted tightwad. In the hotel where he lived with Mrs. Jones his thriftiness was quietly resented by the waiter who served him twice a day until Jones concluded he had better make peace. One night at dinner he left before his wife had concluded and handing her a dollar bill asked that it be given to the ser- vitor. “ George,’ Jones. “Here's a dollar for you. Mr. Jones sent it al- though I don’t understand why he gave it to me. “ Ah,doan know,ma’am,’ replied George. ‘“Onless it wuz he wanted to keep it in the fambly as long as pos- sible, ma’am.”” said Mrs. Thrilling Existence Willis—So you live in a flat? It must be a very un- interesting existence. Gillis—Most exciting on earth. The fellow on the one side of me I suspect of begin a German spy and the fellow on the other side of me is the collector for the firm from whom I bought my furniture. comicbooks.com