Judge — August 24, 1889 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a satirical cartoon from *Judge* magazine depicting a confessional booth. A priest is shown inside the ornate wooden structure, while figures (appearing to include women with exaggerated features) wait outside. The title references "Business at the stand," suggesting commentary on the Catholic confessional practice. The satire likely critiques either the frequency of confessions, the nature of sins being confessed, or broader anti-Catholic sentiment common in 19th-century American satire. The caricatured figures and the emphasis on "business" suggest mockery of confession as a commercial or repetitive ecclesiastical practice. However, without a clear date or additional context from the magazine's OCR text (which appears corrupted), the specific political or social target remains somewhat unclear.