Judge, 1922-12-02 · page 9 of 36
Judge — December 2, 1922 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two distinct pieces: a philosophical essay on poker etiquette and a nostalgic WWI memoir. **Top Section ("The Stony Poker Face")**: Satirizes sentimental ideas about "good losers." The author argues poker should be played with emotional intensity—that graceful losing is actually unsportsmanlike, removing the winner's triumph. Modern psychologists' warnings against "repression" are mocked; the piece insists players should curse and complain, not smile politely. It's a humorous inversion of gentlemanly conduct. **Bottom Section ("Memoirs Four Years After de la Guerre")**: A sentimental recollection of WWI France, cataloging trivial memories: French beer, mustaches, girls, drinks, and minor encounters. The tone is wistful rather than martial—no battles, only social experiences and romance. **Bottom Cartoon**: A man and woman flirt near a car while another man watches. The joke: he calls his car "she" because "it's a weaker six"—a poker term meaning an inferior hand. The automobile is humorously feminized as unreliable. The page reflects post-WWI American humor: cynical about sentiment, nostalgic about Europe, and focused on masculine leisure activities (gambling, cars).
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a heart and sit in trembling trepidation The black teeth of the to ascertain just what his chances might French-Indo-Chinese be to cat breakfast the next day. No, soldiers. The yellow indeed. Poker is played poignantly only _ teeth of the Texas Na- with what the gamblers call “distress tional Guard. The girl 1 ” went A. W. O. L. to see and found sitting on my captain's lap. The guard house at Nancy. — The good Malaga we discov- noney: <D because we think of the dventure in emotion we ve no fondness for the so-called good loser. Mala The man who smiles when he is beaten ered in a little gin mill in takes an unfair advantage of the winner. Domremy. The big Triumphs are } htened and made more . Swede who used to get drunk on Chablis and then cry for Copenhagen snuff. The munitions factory stenog- by remorse. No, indeed. There is no rapher I used to balm in sympathy from a poker player. walk with at six When we lose we much prefer to be left every evening at alone with our sorrow, Montbard. The , last glass of chain. pagne remember Memoirs Four Years After Teaking Amnistice de la Guerre night. Schnapps. Ys \\ ip Omac Bark My first kissin y “ Germany. More \ JHEN I think of the war I remem- schnapps. The de- ber: My first. kiss in France. scription my cap- The stony poker face. Cidre bouche de la Bretagne. The punk tain gave of the beer we got at La Café du Chene. The Follies Bergére Besides, all the new-fangled scientists first pair of twelve-inch mustachios I which I never got ave pointed out the dangers of repres- saw and wanted to pull. The frog soldier to see. The girl sion. The player whose flush loses to a ventriloquist who used to imitate barn- that gave me & Somebody has to full house risks a nervous breakdown in yard animals for the drinks at a water- hand - embroidered lose. later life if he does no more than remark front café in St. Nazaire. My second pillow top with santly, “You win, old chap!’ For French kiss (I mean the second girl). “Souvenir de France” in pink letters on sake of his health he should swear The first time Lever got kicked by wooden it. My last. glass of Madeira before ; a little and attempt to throw the shoes. Co, at one france a throw, getting on the boat to come home, A i keen when the loser shouts and complains. Superfluous advice. ju ad cards out the window, The girl at Savenay who could swear so fight between two sailors over a copy of it us the really objectionable person well in English. ‘The good old lady at La Vie Parisienne, Seasickness.. My f in a poker game is the man who offers you Baigneux-les-Juifs who wanted me for a first glass of Coca-Cola after landing at 4 sympathy after he has topped your hand. son-in-law. La Vie Parisienne. The Newport News. The disappointment of i} a4 We know players who almost break down girl who sang “Mignon” in the Opera my first American kiss d’apres la guerre. rr when they win a big pot and cannot even House at Dijon. The hot rum the mayor fae a to rake in the chips until they have se for us after a wild pig hunt at | “Hey, you spooners on the bench! red the man with the second best Juzzencourt. The scrawny legs of a Where are you from?” nd, and the fellow with the third best Y. M. C. A. vaudeville dancer at Bar- “Just two sweethearts from Alaska.” hand, that success is heavily compromised — sur-Aube. Eau de Vie Mare Dijon. “Mush on!” said the cop. j =u A = Friend—Why do you always refer to y “Because it’s a weaker six!” our machine as “she’’? 7 comicbooks.com