Judge, 1919-03-22 · page 6 of 32
Judge — March 22, 1919 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Illustration: "Before the Colosseum"** This sketch by Paul Henley shows a figure contemplating Rome's famous ruin with the caption "By golly, them Huns have a lot to answer for!" The joke references historical barbarian invasions that damaged Roman civilization, likely used as satirical commentary on contemporary destruction or decline—though the specific target is unclear without additional context. **"Traffic in the Blue" by Lislie Bell** This satirical piece proposes absurd traffic regulations for aerial traffic as cities prepare to install air police departments. It humorously imagines applying ground-based traffic rules to airplanes—slow-moving vehicles staying low, traffic cops at crossings, aeroplanes hitched to lampposts—mocking the difficulty of regulating new aviation technology with outdated bureaucratic frameworks.
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Drawn by Pact Remur Berore tHe CoLosseum “—By golly, them Huns have a lot to answer for!” Traffic in the Blue By Lasus Brut management in, they had to build new railroads to get the orders out.” “How is the plant doing now?” He was embarrassed, but stammered: “Weown it. They couldn’t pay the bills for scientific management.” tion from the employees brought word they would ITH several Eastern cities getting ready to install acrial branches of the police department, we shall have to get busy on traffic ordinances for the air. My secretary interrupted to notify me that adelega- _ For example: Slow-moving vehicles shall keep close to the ground. strike unless I ceased running my own car and getting ‘Traffic cops shall be stationed at all congested crossings. manicured. It aroused my passions.” No aeroplane shall be hitched to a lightning rod, nor “What have you to offer, Mr. Statistics Sanders?” within twenty feet thereof. I demanded fiercely. “Be brief.” Rainclouds and thunderbolts shall have the right “T am here to break all records in your business.” of way at all times. No aeroplane shall be parked for more than half an “That won't do for me.” “Why not?” hour in front of a fixed star. “Tam a phonograph manufacturer.” The Pessimistic Undertaker By Texxysox J. Dart The undertaker sadly said, “Oh, pshaw! This ding-donged town is dead I can’t collect a blooming cent For all that I have underwent, And not a dollar can I make, No matter what I undertake!” Judglets E Pluribus Aqua! A boudoir is a room where women are turned into ladies. Amendments are stranger than fiction. x Drawn by Laxo Camrunte Economy is the road to genteel Mr. Mouse—There’s no use talking—a dou poverty. the best permanent doorway to a mouse hole! Pilots of falling machines shall sound their sirens at intervals of five hundred feet. There is danger that the air will offer considerable temp- tation to organized bands of thieves, so it is just as well that our police should get up in the air. Just think of what would happen if unscrupulous avia- tors began to steal the silver lining of clouds. They would rob us of one of our handiest platitudes. Or supposing that they should seek to tap the milky way? Or supposing they should begin to carry on a flirtation with the Goddess of Liberty? Shall we have to have a curfew for sky-larking aviators? comicbooks.com