In the German jam closet
William II, Emperor of Germany, is caught by Germania with his fingers in a jar of jam labeled “Buttinkeit Jam” that he has taken from a cupboard where other preserves are kept. On the shelves are jars of “Imperial Assumption Jelly, Meinself Und Gott Preserve, Divine Right Jam, [and] Absolutism Jelly.” Caption: Wilhelm–Ach, Mutter, I promise dot I von’t do id again! / Germania–Vell, rememper!! If you do, den I gifs you a goodt someding vot you von’t forget!
Comments and Context
The inspiration for L. M. Glackens’s cover cartoon in Puck was a crisis in the German Reichstag at the time.