Judge — October 26, 1901 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This Judge magazine page contains three separate humorous pieces: 1. **"The Delights of Autumn"** (poem, left): A nostalgic verse celebrating autumn's sensory pleasures—the smell of corridors, apple blossoms, hay—credited to William J. Lampton. 2. **"Not an Anticipator"** (top cartoon): A domestic scene where a woman tells a man his brother is marrying. The man responds he already knew, deflating her expectation of surprising him with news. 3. **"An Unreliable Guide"** and **"A Lost Opportunity"** (bottom cartoons): Both depict domestic disagreements. The first involves a wife contradicting her husband's dinner-timing advice. The second shows Mr. Newcomb complaining about his wife's expensive bonnet purchase at church. The cartoons satirize marital miscommunication and women's spending habits—common Judge magazine themes reflecting early-20th-century domestic comedy conventions.