Judge — December 24, 1898 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a four-panel narrative comic (panels I-IV) followed by a single-panel conclusion titled "Only a Dream." The top four panels show an elephant apparently hunting a tiger through increasingly dramatic encounters—chasing, fleeing, and confronting the animal. The final panel reveals the resolution: an elderly man and child wake indoors, with the man holding what appears to be a tiger skin or trophy, suggesting the entire hunt was a dream. The satire likely mocks exaggerated hunting tales or adventure fantasies—a common target of *Judge* magazine's humor. The "very wise elephant" of the title suggests the joke centers on the elephant's foolishness in pursuing a dangerous hunt, only for the entire escapade to prove imaginary. This deflates grandiose adventure narratives popular in the era.