Judge, 1918-10-26 · page 7 of 32
Judge — October 26, 1918 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three satirical pieces from World War I-era Judge magazine: **Top cartoon "According to Plan"**: An American soldier bayonets a German soldier. The German says "Pig of an American—follow me!" The satire mocks German military tactics or propaganda about combat. **"His Way" and "The Price He Paid"**: Humorous fiction pieces unrelated to politics—one about an indifferent man's unpopularity, another about a husband's shock at his wife's hat bill. **"No Trouble"**: A rural anecdote about a bride who physically overpowers the groom—gentle humor about frontier toughness. **"Try Mars"**: The sharpest political content. This satirizes Germany's diplomatic isolation during WWI, contrasting Germany's pre-war alliances (most nations) with 1916 allies (Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain, Sweden, Chile, Mexico) and post-war prospects (Austria, Turkey, Mexico only—"all doubtful"). The punchline suggests Germany should relocate to Mars given its friendlessness.
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Drawn by Jous Coxscurn AccorpinG To PLan His Way By Tos P. Morcax ERHAPS the strongest reason for my widespread un- popularity,” confessed J. Fuller Gloom, “is the fact that I do not in the least care what other people think of me. Iam not at all defiant of public opinion; Iam merely indifferent to it. When some kind friend comes around, rubbing his claws and grinning like one of the fabled cats of Cheshire, and wishes to know what I have to say regarding the story that So-and-so is circulating about me, I reply, ‘He knows me pretty well, so probably it is true. What is the w-w-w-wn! ra —difference, anyhow?’ That sort of < OOF: treatment is calculated to make a life- ax long enemy of him, for hell hath.no GQ&-< 7 fury like a gossip balked. And as 10 have done that trick many times the roster of those who hate me is a long one.” ~ The Price He Paid “The woman pays—and pays —and PAYS!” sobbed the heroine in tragic ac- cents “TH be hanged if she does!” muttered the man in the orchestra seat who had just received his wife's millinery bill. ~ Pig of an” RR i Drawn by G. B. Ixwooo From THe German merican —— No Trouble E understand that there was some trouble at a wedding out in your neighborhood night before last?” said the able editor of the Tumlinville Tocsin. “Nope!” replied Mr. Gap Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge. Ark. “All that happened different from common was that just as the preacher was pronouncing the ominous words that would make the happy couple one the groom stepped on the bride’s foot—accidentally, I reckon—and she hauled off and slapped him flat. But it wasn’t any trouble a-tall for the bride, for she is a lady that choked a catamount to death last. year. And there wasn’t any trouble for the groom, neither, for he didn’t make no attempt to carry the matter any furd Try Mars Germany’s friends before War—Most of the world Germany’s friends in 1916—Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain, Sweden, Chile and Mexico; Holland and Ireland in part. Germany’s friends today—Austria, Turkey and Mexico (all doubtful). Germany’s friends after the War off; you've got the wrong planet. the Ring comicbooks.com