Judge, 1919-08-23 · page 25 of 36
Judge — August 23, 1919 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page satirizes dialogue from "The Five Million," a stage play. The sketches mock common expressions and clichés spoken by characters: 1. **Top left**: A French wife's demand for money—the joke is that "give me more money" is supposedly the first phrase any wife learns in any language, regardless of linguistic ability. 2. **Center**: Civil War nostalgia—Grand-dad insists wars were "better" in his day, ending with a partisan jab that the world was made safe "for everyone except the Democrats," likely referencing post-WWI political divisions. 3. **Bottom**: Margaret Clancy boasts her father "was a cop when cops was cops"—nostalgia for a supposed golden age of police work, implying modern cops are inferior. The satire targets sentimental, repetitive stage dialogue and characters who romanticize the past while making grandiose claims.
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Nint, the French wife—Phileep, geev me more money. Put Bisnor — Say, you may not talk English well, but that’s the first thing any wife learns to say in any language. “Tue Five GramMaTiIc Moments MinnioN IN STAGE Discussions “AT 9:45 Morty (Isabel Lamon)—Why don’t you leave us? I thought you were supposed to learn to obey in the Army? Tue Five Mitton” Lieut. Apams (Ralph Morgan)—Still talking about the civil war, Grand-dad? Granp-pap (Cha Abbe)—War was war in those days, and in it ended just like it did in the present war. The world was made safe for every- one except the Democrats. “AT 9°45" caret Ctancy (Idalene Cotton)—I'm here to tell you, Captain Dixon, that my father was a cop when cops was cops. 2s comicbooks.com