Judge — July 23, 1898 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a satirical Judge magazine cartoon, though the OCR text is largely illegible. The image shows two figures examining a large bottle labeled "Schley and Sampson" with a bust of a bearded man atop it. The bottle features a star and what appears to be a naval vessel. The cartoon likely references the Spanish-American War era (1898), satirizing Admirals William T. Sampson and William S. Schley, whose public dispute over credit for the naval victory at Santiago de Cuba was a significant controversy. The "soap" label suggests mockery—possibly commenting on how their competing claims were being "packaged" or sold to the public, or satirizing the commercialization of their wartime achievements. The figure on the right appears to be Uncle Sam or another allegorical American figure observing this product.