Judge, 1918-09-28 · page 2 of 32
Judge — September 28, 1918 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This is a **World War I-era bond drive advertisement** from *Judge* magazine, not a political cartoon. The classical female figure representing "Liberty" or "Public Opinion" serves as the spokeswoman for purchasing Fourth Liberty Loan bonds. The text personifies public opinion as a judge of patriotism, warning Americans that she will evaluate them not by patriotic rhetoric alone, but by concrete financial support for the war effort—specifically buying government bonds. The message is blunt: money talks; words don't matter. The classical imagery (crown, torch, flowing robes) invokes traditional Liberty iconography to lend moral authority to the fundraising appeal. This is propaganda encouraging citizens to purchase bonds as their patriotic duty during WWI.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Contributed through Division of Advertising Sam shall not go to his knees to bey you to buy his bonds. Thatis no position fora fighting man. But if you have the money to buy and do not buy, I will 1ake this No Man's Land for you! I will jud u not by an allegiance expressed in mere words. I will judge you not by your ma cheers rt boys march y tow ever fate may have in store for them. I will ju you not by the warmth of the tears you shed over the lists of the dead and the injured that come to us from time to time. tlie material men who are facing g death that y live and move a 1d have your g in a world made sai I warn you—don't talk patrioti our moncy is talkir public opinion! As I judge, all d or fall! United States Govt. Comm. on Public Information comicbooks.com