Judge — March 22, 1919 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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Judge E dito Joun A. Steicnen, President Revers PL Stetcunn, Seeretary Perarros Maxw The Erernat Bousnevik HEN the President asked Congress to vote $100,000,000 for food for Eastern Europe in order to stop the westward march of Bolshevism, and France and England favored raising the embargo on food- stuffs for the same purpose, it was a formal recognition of the Empire of the Stomach. The stomach is the eternal Bolshevik of the world. An empty stomach is a revolutionary stomach. The hunger-cells in the stomach are the Red Guard of humanity. They are always on the march against the Palaces of Have. The ancient Cxsars were wise psychologists in their day. When the people became restless the public granaries were opened, and the profiteers and hoarders were spirited away to some far-off possession. Hats off, then, to the much-maligned and over- abused stomach! It is the father of thought and the mother of political compromises. EMpHasis “AH! Isn't it wonderful?” And we struggle to take in the phenomenon, which somehow we must have failed to discover until this enthusiast brings our attention so forcibly to it. But, as far as we are concerned, it is a waste of time, since presently it becomes plain that everything is “wonderful” with our fair zealot, and so what's the use? Another worn expletive of ap- proval is “clever,” but this, thanks to public nausea, is going out. “Chic” still holds its favor, in spite even of those whose limited grasp of French does not permit its native inflection. “Classy,” with a fine flourish, always makes an im- pression, but for real emphasis Dyaen by Curren I. Ganon ut, Editor J. A. Watpros, Literary Editor AWE. Rotraver, Treasurer Grant E. Hasuvrox, drt Director Lawton Mackart, Managing Editor one is supposed to admire. “It is so sincere, don’t you think?”—and you have established yourself as a con- noisseur with the intelligentsia. Joseph Conrad has given a fine appreciation of British seamen, covering a picture of their routine lives and sacrifices. His text is “Well Done,” and he makes clear his contention that this is highest praise, not “wonderfully well,” nor ‘miraculously well,” nor even “very well,” “because these are simply expressions of ignorance, overstatements of undis- ciplined minds,” but simply and nobly “‘well”"—* Well Done.” But the trouble with Conrad is, that he knows the sea, and therefore knows what he is talking about. ‘There seems to be this drawback to emphasis: You can only get it in great abundance when you listen to persons who do not know what they are talking about. The informed talkers limit themselves to simple language. Taste ARCHITECTURE HILE our art societies are busy drawing the line be- tween good and bad war memorials, won’t someone please take up the momentous question of peace tables? We mean archi- tecturally. The peace table in the Quay D'Orsay is U-shaped. To avoid unpleasant recollections we call it a horseshoe. That may help to bring good luck, but is it good art?) We build our cathedrals in the form of a cross. Why not our peace table in the shape of a V to symbolize the wedge driven into the German line, or a square table in token of the kind of deal to be handed out, or a round table so that nothing can be done be- hind a delegate’s back, or even an egg-shaped table in honor of the hatching out of the League of Na- give us “Sincere.” This ts the Oye Ting Mave Ix Geastany Sux Dors tions? Anything should be pre word to use about any work of art Nor Osjrcr to Owninc. ferred to the U-shaped table. rials comicbooks.com