Judge — February 16, 1901 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a World War I-era satirical cartoon from *Judge* magazine. The image shows soldiers in military helmets (marked "HILL") gathered around what appear to be graves or casualty markers labeled with phrases like "I AM A DESERTER" and references to "ROAD TO SUCCESS." The cartoon's caption—"which road I take—they all lead to a HILL"—is a dark pun: "hill" refers both to the literal terrain soldiers must fight over and serves as a metaphor for death/casualties. The satire critiques how different choices or paths all lead to the same tragic outcome: soldiers dying in combat, regardless of their decisions or circumstances. The graves and skeletal figures on the left reinforce the death theme.