Judge, 1919-11-08 · page 19 of 36
Judge — November 8, 1919 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short comic dialogues and illustrations satirizing American politics and social life, plus one political cartoon. The **political cartoon** (right) references John Tenniel's famous 1890 Punch cartoon "Dropping the Pilot," which depicted Kaiser Wilhelm II dismissing Chancellor Bismarck. Here, the ghost of Bismarck confronts a young wartime leader who "prematurely dropped his pilot"—likely critiquing an American political figure's removal of an experienced advisor during wartime. The **upper dialogues** mock politicians' self-serving language: one politician claims statesmen never "decline anything" (refuse positions), satirizing their opportunism. Another jokes about being "voted six to one" by his wife and daughters, suggesting male authority is diminished in households. The **dog jokes** below employ wordplay and social commentary—pedigree dogs speaking condescendingly, a former police dog attacking suspects, and a complaint about poodles replacing babies in homes. These reflect period anxieties about class, propriety, and changing domestic life.
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Of Course Not—The Reformer—Do you think that statesmanship in this country is on the decline? The Politician—My boy, no states- man in this country would decline anything.—Brooklyn Citizen. Plenty of Chances to Enjoy the Scenery Autocratic Inference—"I guess we'll Six to One—"What a_ wonderful ut that line of my speech,” said family! A’ charming wife and_ five s or Sorghum, “about my being a beautiful daughters. You must be a public servant.” very happy man.” “It is a good old phrase.” ‘es, 1 suppose I ought to be, and “Yes, but it has had its day, As T suppose I really am, but right now household relationships go just now, I want to say that I can tell you a claiming to be a servant sounds just a lot about the difficulties of being out- trifle bossy."—IWashington Star. voted six to one."—Detroit F Press. After the Wreck “On paie plus cher qu’autrefois.” “Mais on en a pour son arge reste plus longtemps en route.” “It costs more to travel than it used “Yes, but you get more for your money—you are on the train longer.” — (Paris). | Pedigreed—Lady—Is this a pedigreed Dealer—Pedigreed! Why, if dorg could talk he wouldn't: speak to cither of us— ork World. That's Different—I’ictim—Sir, your dog bit me. Owner—You must pardon hi this dog was formerly a p and has been ined to at suspicious looking character.—Iouston Post. An Old-Fashioned Man—“Dogs are man's best friends, yo: know,” re- latitudinous person. are,” answered Mr. Grumpson, “I like a regular dog well cnough, but it always makes me mad to hear a poodle yapping in a home where rature intended there should be a squailing baby."—Birmingham Age- Herald. Playful—fdith—I saw a dog at the show the other day that played with his paws on an orpan, Ethel—Oh, that’s nothin’. = Why, we've got a kitten at home that plays with her tail on the piano.—Yonkers Statesman. A Word From the Wise—Rover—I haven't seen a bone in a dog's age, brother. TI wonder what is up? (Recalling John Tenniel’s “Dropping the Pilot”) Nero—Meat, you poor boob! Why. I became a vegetarian more than two Ghost of Bismarck—Ha! YOU were the young war-lord who rather prema- months ago—Buffalo Express. turely dropped his pilot some quarter of a century ago, hein? 1s Sydney (Australia) Bulletin,