Judge — January 11, 1919 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Her Yankee Pals Sail Home" This illustration by C.D. Batchelor depicts a young girl watching a steamship depart from a dock. The title suggests an American ("Yankee") soldier or serviceman leaving after a relationship with a local woman. The satirical point appears to comment on wartime romances—likely from World War I or II era—where American servicemen formed attachments with foreign women before returning home. The girl's lonely posture by the wooden post conveys abandonment and the emotional cost of such temporary wartime connections. The cartoon critiques either the callousness of departing soldiers or, more likely, satirizes the broader social consequences and human tragedy of war-time liaisons left unresolved. The stark composition emphasizes the woman's isolation against the ship's departure.