Judge, 1918-11-23 · page 6 of 32
Judge — November 23, 1918 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page The page contains three distinct sections: 1. **"Bailing Out the Old Boat"** - A brief joke about someone named Hussey taking his car to a repair shop, establishing the vehicle as a metaphor for financial troubles needing repair. 2. **"Exchange of Benevolences"** - A cartoon showing a millionaire offering job work to an applicant in his stable, with the applicant grateful for any position. It satirizes the power imbalance between wealthy employers and desperate job-seekers. 3. **"Why We Are Thankful"** by Benjamin De Casseres - An essay-length piece reflecting on humanity's progress from primitive times to modern civilization, discussing peace, agriculture, and gratitude. It's philosophical rather than satirical, celebrating human advancement. The page mixes humor about economic hardship with earnest social commentary typical of Judge's approach to contemporary issues.
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He—aAll the ducks at our house have stuffing, ma’am. Sur—You're probably right. | mean—your wife ought to know the correct way, being the wife of a and all that. I guess I'll You'll send me to the turkey. ic nice, tender one, won't you? And one with lots of white meat. My husband and I both prefer the white meat, so if you will pick one in which the white meat predominates, we'll appreciate it. I believe that will be alltoday. You may charge it. And oh, yes, we have a carving set— it’s a wedding present—and my hus- band is eager to use it. So you can end the turkey whole. Bailing Out the Old Boat Going to get a new car with this?” asked the paying teller, as he handed Hussey a roll of bills “No,” sighed Hussey, “I’m going to get my old car out of the repair shop.” Exchange of Benevolences “So you're looking for a job, eh? in my “Thank ye. trust th’ future will put me in a position ve r Drawn by Roser Tuowss Ir Buxxy Rawort Were returned the pleased pplicant as Bic Well, U'll give you work id the proud millionaire As He'p Like “and OF t'do th’ same f'r hat is O to Be a barrage t's a disturbancc betwe en you and your objective.” Why We Are Thankful NCE upon a time man had no Thanksgiving Day. He swore at his gods when there was no B prayed to Bexya De Cassene rai them in winter before the cra of the snowflough, and sacrificed to them the beasts of the ficld and a few enemies before he started out to annex a bit of kultur from the bodies and lands of neighboring tribes. Time passed (and if you ever notice your clock you will observe that that is an old habit which old Kronos cannot rid himself of). And as time passed, man learned how to smoke the pipe of peace. He actu- ally began to observe that the tribe that lived over the garden wall wasn’t one hundred per cent. yellow. And with peace came more wampum —the price of poisoned arrowheads decreased and the family sugar bowl filled up. He had time to meditate—to look around on the good old garden patch, Mother Earth, to observe that the stars didn’t bother anybody much except once in a great while, when the heavens, in a grouch, let fly a comet at the earth. So one day Man went out into the fields—he was still rather raw and hazy about Liberty, Rent Values and Birth Control—stripped off his fight- ing duds, and mumbled out thanks to Something or Other that the baby’s tooth had come across, that the squaw looked pretty nice that day and that the fishing was good. comicbooks.com