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# Who's Who in Judge: William Morris Houghton This is a biographical profile of **William Morris Houghton**, identified as "Bill," an editor at *Judge* magazine. The text describes him as the man responsible for *Judge*'s editorials, claiming they're so influential that "Ku Kluxers shrink before his pen" and "Hypocrites run when they see him." The satire is self-promotional: *Judge* credits Houghton with near-mythical power to reform society through editorial writing. His background includes work at the *New York Tribune* (1906-1917) and war publicity roles. By 1921, he became editor of *Leslie's Weekly* before joining *Judge* as Associate Editor. The humor lies in the exaggerated claims of editorial influence—a common *Judge* self-congratulatory joke about American journalism's cultural authority.
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WHO’S WHO IN JUDGE WwW. M. Hi. WILLIAM MORRIS HOUGHTON ADIES and Gentlemen, meet William Morris Houghton (Bill), the man who has made Jupce’s Editorials a byword in every home in these here United States. Ku Kluxers shrink before his pen, Hypocrites run when they see him, and he’s got “Prohibition” gasping for breath. He was born of American parents in Lucerne, Switzerland, hence the high forehead, educated at Phillips Andover, Yale, Harvard and Bowdoin, and got an A.B. and an A.M. at the last two colleges. As you see he can take his colleges or leave them alone. From 1906 to 1917 he served asa Reporter and Editorial Writer on the New York Tribune, which undoubtedly made that paper what it is to-day. In 1916 he ran down to the Mexican Border for a while with Uncle Sam, and from 1917 to 1919 did War Publicity for the same gentleman. In 1921 he became Editor of Leslie’s Weekly and when that peri- odical combined with JUDGE he came right along as Associate Editor. There’s only one thing against “Bill”—he lives in New Jersey. JUDGE, Volume 87, No. 2245, November 8, 1924. Entered as Second~ at the Post-Oifice at New Y¢ under Act of March 3, 1879. $5.00 yea. 1Sca copy. Published Weekly and copyrighted 1924 by Leslie-Judge Co. in the U. S. and Gi # ‘ooke, President: —K, President and Editorial Director: Norman Anthony, Secretary: Joseph T. Cooney, For advertising rates address E. R. Crowe & Company, Inc. comicbooks.com