Judge — July 11, 1891 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Too Expensive" and "A Trained Monkey on the Plains" **Top cartoon**: A couple in a rowboat discusses the cost of recreation. The woman suggests drifting as a free activity, but the man replies it costs seventy-five cents per hour—satirizing the commercialization of leisure and the difficulty of finding affordable entertainment, even outdoor pursuits. **Bottom series**: Nine panels depicting a trained monkey performing increasingly chaotic stunts across plains landscape. The sequence appears to satirize animal training, slapstick entertainment, or possibly mocking someone's uncontrolled behavior or public antics. The progression from controlled tricks to mayhem suggests loss of control or competence. **"The Prince's Set"**: Brief text mocking Lady Brooke as the cause of a divorce scandal involving high society, suggesting satirical coverage of contemporary celebrity gossip.