Judge — December 22, 1900 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a six-panel sequential narrative from Judge magazine (1900) showing a slapstick story without dialogue. A woman in black sits by a pond while a dog appears to find or investigate something near the water's edge. The dog then jumps into the water, splashing dramatically. In the final panels, the woman reacts with apparent distress or surprise—suggesting the dog has either retrieved something unexpected or caused some comedic mishap. The humor appears to be visual/physical comedy typical of early 1900s Judge satire: a domestic scene disrupted by a dog's mischievous behavior. The title mentions a "glove" and "bug," suggesting these objects figure into the narrative, though their exact significance remains somewhat unclear from the images alone. The story exemplifies Judge's reliance on sight gags rather than political satire.