Judge — October 6, 1900 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of "Scenes from Topsyturvyland" This page from Judge magazine presents satirical vignettes mocking everyday absurdities. The sketches include: 1. **Jersey Mosquito**: A man complaining about aggressive insects biting him at night—likely satirizing New Jersey's notorious mosquito problem. 2. **Collar-Button**: A domestic complaint about a lost button, a common household frustration. 3. **Golf-Ball**: A golfer's exaggerated claim about his shot distance. 4. **Chicken Dinner**: A complaint about missing poultry at mealtime. The central photograph appears to be a portrait, possibly of a public figure, though identification is unclear from the image alone. The large bottom cartoon, "Taking No Chances," depicts an "Eastern Tourist" negotiating with a Western figure over firearms and payment—satirizing Western frontier stereotypes and tourist anxieties about frontier violence and robbery.