Judge, 1919-01-25 · page 8 of 32
Judge — January 25, 1919 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page from Judge (likely post-WWI, given references to the armistice) contains several satirical pieces: **"Sex Psychology"**: Mocks parental priorities—a mother worries about her child's teeth alignment while the father considers it catastrophic if the boy doesn't care for baseball, reflecting absurd gender-role expectations of the era. **"Ballade of Peace Days"**: A poem celebrating post-war return to normalcy—lifting sugar rationing, coal price controls, and "wheatless days," urging citizens to abandon wartime sacrifice and worry. **"His Meagre Information"**: Satirizes rural isolation. An Arkansas hermit, living far from civilization, only vaguely recalls hearing about "a shooting scrape" in Europe years ago—poking fun at how disconnected remote communities were from major world events. **Other sketches** mock Hollywood subtitle writing pretension, romantic complications involving French cologne, and pessimistic self-awareness in a watchdog. The overall tone emphasizes post-war adjustment, American regionalism, and social absurdities of the period.
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Drawn by Hawmtox Wriutawe Sex Psycuotocy Mother—Oh, I'm so worried his teeth won't grow in straight! Father—H'm, yes. But wouldn't it be really awful if he doesn’t care for baseball! Ballade of Peace Days By Howarn Diez [ET flow the sugar bowl! Restrict its use no more. Let fall the price of coal! And wheatless days, ignore! The Dove of Peace may soar Above the earthly sphere To show that, as of yore, The days of peace are here. Grim death has claimed its toll Of suffering and gore. We've read the Honor Roll, We've seen the shrapnel pour Uncomfortably near. But that was all before. . . . The days of peace are here. Be now like Old King Cole— Let loose that hidden store Of merriment! Be droll, Despite the grief you bore! Life's vein of richest ore Is found in Wit and Cheer. We've played the tragic score— The days of peace are here. L'Envoi Judge, heed this faint encore. Make worry disappear. Forget about the war—! The days of peace are here. ve heard the cannon’s roar. His Meagre Information The Stenographer Has An Idle Moment Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the - party of the Country to the aid of the Country WSSWSSWSSS$ SSH#& 7@M%)/ & 7 SESSSSS$ 1 wish I had I wish he had we hada millionone million 1,000,000,000,- 000,000 dollars I do I do Gertrude Standish Gertrude Edwards Mrs. Gertrude Edwards Mrs. James B. Edwards Mrs. Jimmy Edwards Private James B. Edwards Ma- chine-gun Company 316 A. P.O. 77, A. E. F., France sunny France Armistise Armictise Armistice Peace Jimmy dearest Mrs. Jimmy Edwards & *4%@& # SSSSSSSsss No Compulsion YOU'RE not obliged to wear a grin, (Some people get along with- out it)— To be a Grouch is not a sin, So long as you are nice about it. Too Highbrow There,” grunted the movie magnate, thrusting at the subtitle writer a “WELL, the war in Europe is all check for services to date, “that will over,” said a stranger who had_ teach you to try and spring words penetrated into the far-back region of of more than two syllables upon our Arkansas. “War in Europe, hey?” returned the her- mit whom he had dis- covered sitting in the entrance of a comfortable cave. “Well, that’s the way a feller misses out on the news by living way off from the big road. Come to think, I did hear suthin’ a couple of years or so ago about ashooting scrape over there some’rs, but I never learnt none of the perticklers.”” Dilemma American Officer (get- ting ready to return home)—Beatrice was al- ways so fond of Eau de Cologne; I'd like to take her some if I knew what to ask for in French. Or Even Fourth Ones If second thoughts are best, just think what third thoughts would be. audiences.” Drawn by Joux Hex, Jn The Pup—A fat lot of good I am as a watch-dog. I'ma darn sight more afraid than she is. comicbooks.com