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This cartoon mocks Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels' policies, which conservatives viewed as excessively prudish and "feminizing" the Navy. The satire depicts Admiral Milksop and Captain Dishwater—deliberately emasculating names—engaging in absurdly dainty behavior: curtsying, carrying vanity cases, applying makeup, decorating gun muzzles with chiffon bows, and distributing "cambric tea and marshmallows" to sailors. Daniels was known for prohibiting alcohol aboard naval vessels and implementing various moral reforms. Critics attacked these policies as weakening military discipline and masculine toughness. The cartoon exaggerates these reforms into a parody of excessive femininity, suggesting they've transformed the Navy into something frivolous and unfit for combat—culminating in a "Going-to-Jerusalem" game instead of actual naval warfare. The joke targets not the Navy itself but Daniels' reformist agenda, which political opponents ridiculed as undermining American military strength.

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At all good dealers and places. lll Ueto Bis sneer =I ea the avy is Developed in Ac- cordance with the Ideas of Josephus Daniels “(OOD morning, Captain Dishwater,” said Admiral Milksop of the North Atlantic Squadron, tripping gaily to the bridge of the U.S.S. Orangeade and curtseying gracefully, as required by the naval regulations; “is everything ready for the fight?” “Yes, Admiral,” replied Captain Dish- water, placing his binoculars in a knitted cover, dropping them into a velveteen vanity-case which was attached to his milk-white wrist, and kissing his hand deferentially to his superior officer. “Have the fighting tops been deco- rated with pink satin ribbons and figured sachet bags?” asked the brave old Ad- miral, as he removed a piece of chewing gum from a spoke of the steering wheel and placed it brusquely in his mouth, “Yes, Admiral,” smiled the Captain, adjusting the blue baby ribbon with which his epaulettes were decorated. “And has each seaman received his allotment of two soda mints for use in case the ship begins to roli?" asked the Admiral, powdering his nose refiectively. “Yes, Admiral: nothing has been for- gotten,” replied the Captain, “ The chif- fon bows have been attached to the muzzles of the twelve-inch guns, the powder-hoists have been filled with American Beauty roses, the sentries have been provided with light green sun- shades, the officer of the day has placed smelling salts in all the ventilator fun- nels, and extra rations of cambric tea and marshmallows have been distribut- ed.” “Very good Captain,” growled the old sea dog, drawing a hand-mirror from his sleeve for the purpose of adjusting the seagull’s feather in his admiral’s chapeau, “very good! Send word to the Admiral of the British fleet that the United States navy stands ready to meet the British navy in a Going-to-Jerusalem contest at any time or place that he may see fit, and that we will furnish the chairs and the music!” An unusual solemnity seemed to per- vade the great floating fort as Captain Dishwater kissed his hand to the Ad- miral and one-stepped lightly to the flight tairs leading from the bridge to the 's front piazza. A moment later the infinitely mournful strains of Tschaikow- sky's Serenade rang out from the ship's pianoforte, summoning all hands to their stations; and the stern, set faces of the men of the North Atlantic Squadron showed plainly that they well knew that they were about to assist in writing an- other brilliant chapter into the pages of American history. HE Bastile had just fallen. All of the freed prisoners rushed out with shouts of joy—except one. 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