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# "The New Geography" Satire This cartoon mocks post-WWI geography education. Roy Temple House satirizes how the Treaty of Versailles (1919) created numerous new or renamed European nations and regions—many with unfamiliar, tongue-twisting names like "Engadinia," "Czechoslovaks," "Czecho-Slovaks," and "Jugo-Slavs." The humor lies in the absurdist quiz questions about these newly redrawn borders, products, and customs of places most Americans couldn't locate or pronounce. The joke: schoolchildren and adults now face an impossibly complicated geography lesson because the war radically redrew Europe's political map, replacing empires with smaller successor states. The opening quip—"aren't you glad you graduated before the kaiser abdicated?"—reinforces this: readers escaped school before this geographic chaos was institutionalized into curricula. The other items on the page (Chevrons, Cutting Down, Heard in Eden) are unrelated satirical pieces.
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The New Geography Ry Rov Tesrre House RIEND, aren’t you glad you Back in the quiet ante-bellum? Name the chief products of Es- thonia Discuss the climate of Franconia What are the prospects for Pola- bia? Explain the government of Suabia hy the late interchange of notes ‘Twixt Jugo-Slavs and Serbo- Croats? Do they raise geese in Lithuania? Can Mormons vote in West Ira- nia?— Name three chief products of La- dinia.— What are the ports of Engadinia?— Trace ethnically: Epiro-Grecians, The Czecho-Slovaks, and the Rhe- tians.— Please name the largest sions Of Oldenburg and the East Fris- ians.— What Church is strongest in Tuthe- nia?— Name seven streams Slovenia.— What race inhabits North Dalma- tia2— Drawn by Wess Wes Discuss the customs of Lusatia.— What is the duty in Moravia On candled eggs from Jugo-Sla- vial... subdivi- that cross His first. night a stitute fi the crow’s ni Cutting Down Are you economizing? y per cent. in everything. Friend, aren’t you glad you gradu- 5 ing the quadruplets sleep ated Before the kaiser abdicated? We're even ma in the twin beds. Drowe by Cauxenr Surra If you must go Chevrons By Liner. Hersert S, Magsnetz A Few Who Should Be Wearing Them » fourteen AMES TWOMBL chevrons. Twom has seen seven years’ service with the wealthy Van Doolittles, and has been trusted with the keys to the liquors since 1913. William Shiftless, four chevrons on left arm; twoon the right. Shift- less has for two years or more been the favorite chauffeur of Van Doo- little, Jr., and was twice injured on the Boston Post Road while estab- lishing a line of communication be- tween Times Square and rest billets on the B. P. R. Robbins (surname, Agnes), five chevrons and a shiny medal. Rob- bins has been overseas five times (this was before the war, of course) as companion to Lynthia Van Doo- little. She was cited for bravery under trying circumstances when the young Van Doolittle girl became lost. in the Latin Quarter witha promising artist. Lucky Guy Dyer— Everything Wyld touches tums to money. Ryer—Ves, he mistakes. even profits by his Heard in Eden {dam—Now, Ev —Well, what is it? «Adam—Between you and me and the snake- ng on Sunday, a communicating trench leading past the church would insure safety. comicbooks.com