Judge, 1918-10-05 · page 7 of 32
Judge — October 5, 1918 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis for Modern Readers This page from *Judge* magazine contains WWI-era American satire, likely from 1914-1918. **Main Cartoon:** A British soldier (identified by uniform and "V.C., D.C.M." military decorations) on leave warns a lady to call off her dog, claiming he's "dangerous." The joke appears to mock British soldiers' reputations—possibly suggesting they're untrustworthy around civilians, or playing on stereotypes about soldiers' behavior while on leave. **"Good Marne-in!" Essay:** Benjamin De Casseres offers anti-German rhetoric typical of Allied propaganda. He uses poetic language to characterize Germany as doomed ("coffin of the German nation") and portrays Germans as intellectually inferior despite producing "stupid geniuses." References to "the kaiser" and the "Crown Prince" indicate this targets German leadership specifically. **Bottom Humor Pieces:** Two unrelated jokes about domestic life and vaudeville, typical filler content for magazines of this era. The page reflects American wartime sentiment and morale-boosting messaging common in satirical publications during the Great War.
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Drawn by Jous Coxacuen Corporal Jones, V.C., D. C. M. (home on leave)—Say, Lavy, Catt Orr Your Doc, Witt Yer? ’E’s Dancexous. f GOOD MARNE-IN’! By Benjamin De Casseres OSOM friends: the serpent and the kaiser. The European battleline is the equator of civilization. Northern France is the coffin of the German We may soon hear of a German Society of Colonial nation. Damns. The Magna Charta is 700 years young, thank you! ‘The Germans are the only people in the world who The great guns of the Allies are the mastodons of _ produce stupid geniuses. Liberty. Where did the Germans acquire their ignorance of The German army has blocked its way back to the French people? Berlin. Japan and China are Mongolian—there is only one Bolsheviki motto: Of two evils choose the Beast. yellow race in the world. Living is a habit that the world is rapidly con- If the Crown Prince ever gets to the front it will be quering. in the retreat to Berlin. An Awful Shock Just a Suggestion She—Mildred is going to get a divorce from that young “My dear, you are getting a trifle stout,” said the professor Lieutenant Bagley whom she married last month. who accompanied his wife in vaudeville. He—You don’t say so! What’s the trouble? “What of it?” demanded the 250-pound soprano. She—Mildred came across a photograph of him taken in “Just a suggestion. Stand nearer the grand piano when civjlian’s clothes! you sing. By comparison you'll look positively slender.” comicbooks.com