Judge — October 12, 1918 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of "A Baby Bond" This *Judge* magazine cover from October 12, 1918 uses the title "A Baby Bond" as a double entendre. The illustration depicts a woman and man in military uniform with an infant, creating a visual pun on "bond"—simultaneously referencing both financial war bonds (which Americans were encouraged to purchase to fund WWI) and the emotional/familial bond between a soldier, civilian woman, and child. The cartoon likely satirizes the romanticized narrative of soldier-family separation during wartime, or possibly comments on the emotional appeals used to promote war bond sales. The timing—just weeks before WWI's armistice—suggests contemporary relevance to wartime patriotism and sacrifice. The artist is credited as Robert A. Graefe.