Judge — June 24, 1893 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "A Natural Mistake" - Judge Magazine, June 24, 1893 This cartoon satirizes a meeting between two figures at what appears to be the World's Fair (likely the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition). The figure on the left, labeled "Chicagoan," wears flashy, ostentatious clothing with a wide-brimmed hat and ornate vest—stereotypical caricature of a wealthy but uncultured Chicago businessman. The refined figure on the right appears to be a clergyman or intellectual (Rev. Mr. Higinbotham, based on OCR text). The joke hinges on class and regional prejudice: the Chicagoan mistakes the reverend for someone of his own social circle, assuming shared views about closing the Fair on Sundays. The reverend's shocked response—saying the Chicagoan doesn't "look" like "one of us"—mocks both Chicago's nouveau riche pretensions and religious hypocrisy about Sabbath observance during the exposition.