Judge, 1918-10-19 · page 7 of 32
Judge — October 19, 1918 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis: Judge Magazine Page This wartime satirical page (likely WWI-era, given references to Kaiser Wilhelm and Nicholas Romanoff) contains three distinct pieces: **"Scraps of Paper"** attacks German leadership through bitter political commentary. The "kaiser's dove of peace is a buzzard" metaphor mocks peace proposals as insincere. References to "Prussian dream of conquest" turned to "nightmare" and Germany wanting "peace with honor" sarcastically suggest Germany's military collapse and moral bankruptcy. The jabs at "Nicholas Romanoff" and "Wilhelm Hohenzollern" joining "in oblivion" predict both leaders' downfalls. **"Poor Company"** is a social joke: a man refuses to invite his pastor to ride in his secondhand car because the unreliable vehicle's breakdowns would expose his colorful (profane) vocabulary—apparently learned from a disreputable uncle. **"Faith"** depicts domestic wartime humor: a wife interrupts her husband's creative writing with kitchen demands, deflating his artistic pretensions. The overarching theme: American home-front attitudes during WWI, mixing anti-German sentiment with gentle domestic comedy.
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G4 A 7 Draven by Joux Coxscnex eee Motner’s Day Scraps of Paper Poor Company HE kaiser’s dove of peace is a buzzard. “WHILE I respect our pastor thoroughly, I do not intend The kaiser comes high, but the Allies must to invite him any more to ride with me in my motor have him. car,” said Grout P. Smith. ‘He is excellent company when The Prussian dream of conquest has turned to a all gi nightmare of defeat. s well, but when all does not go well, which—as the car is a second-hand Gourd and subject to balkiness, an impedi- Germany wants peace with honor. But what would — ment in its get-along at times, and occasional nervous break- she do with honor if she had it? The sick man of Europe has an iron constitution, but it is becoming badly rusted. What is the use of trying to make a soldier of a slacker? His heels are in front, any- how. Nicholas Romanoff will not even have good company when Wilhelm Hohenzollern joins him in oblivion. One of the horrors of war is the stringy old maid who insists upon kissing the de- parting soldiers good-bye. Such a frightfulness! Not only was the war forced on the Germans, but the in- human Allies are now actu- ally endeavoring to force the truth into them. downs—happens every now and again, he is not an altogether agreeable associate for a man who acquired a considerable portion of his vocabulary from a ure ing uncle who bore some of the earmarks of a successful pirate.” Home Authorship r short-story writer bed-room working on a prize-winner. Not only that, it was to be a masterpiece. Ideas like sparks, popped out of s head: he was just clearing the nd—— ‘oice from the kitchen below: Father, what time is it?” ight o’clock”—short and ge! Drawn by A. Hexwen Faitu “Well, I’ve just put the eggs “Don't cry, mother—the war'll soon be over, now that on, Tell me when it’s four daddy’s gone across.” minutes after, will you, dear? comicbooks.com