Judge — February 22, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "An Old-Timer" Cartoon Analysis This cartoon depicts a waiter serving an egg dish to a diner, with the waiter asking "Anything the matter with that egg, sir?" and the diner responding "Well, it isn't what it was cracked up to be." The humor is a visual pun: the egg on the plate is literally cracked, making the diner's complaint—a common expression of disappointment—literally accurate. The cartoon plays on the double meaning of "cracked up to be" (disappointing versus physically damaged). The surrounding text discusses various topics including poison-cork bills, automobiles, snow removal, lapidary work, and state entomologists' mosquito control efforts. These appear to be unrelated satirical commentary on contemporary issues rather than directly connected to the egg cartoon's meaning.