Judge — February 9, 1901 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The OCR text is largely corrupted and unreadable. Based on the image and caption alone: This is a humor cartoon titled "But Not Otherwise." A maid tells Mrs. Stanlaw, "What I say goes," while Mrs. Stanlaw responds, "It does when you say it over the telephone." The joke satirizes the power dynamics of domestic service in the early 20th century. It suggests that maids—typically working-class women with limited authority—could exercise unexpected control over their employers through telephone communication. By speaking over the phone rather than face-to-face, the maid gains authority she wouldn't otherwise possess. The cartoon likely comments on how new technology (the telephone) disrupted traditional hierarchies in households, or humorously exaggerates the maid's boldness to her employer.