Judge — April 30, 1898 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical cartoon depicts a military or political figure (caricatured with exaggerated features) blowing a horn or bugle while holding what appears to be the Cuban flag. Smaller figures huddle beneath, and fallen military equipment and debris scatter the ground below. The title "Ebb Oodle!!" likely references political corruption or graft ("boodle" was period slang for bribery/fraud). The Cuban flag suggests this concerns American intervention or policy regarding Cuba, probably during the Spanish-American War era or its aftermath. The cartoon satirizes a military leader using patriotic rhetoric (the flag, the horn call) while the wreckage and smaller figures suggest actual human and material costs being ignored or minimized by political posturing. Without the date, specific identity remains unclear.