Judge — July 12, 1902 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two separate cartoons satirizing early 1900s American life. **Top cartoon ("He Looked It"):** An old Polish immigrant ("Old Peles Waiffle") takes boys fishing. When asked who's catching the most fish, the boys joke that the dog is—a visual gag implying the old man looks like a dog or is equally unsuccessful. **Bottom cartoon ("No More Money in Failing"):** Two Jewish immigrant characters discuss a clothier named Blazupski retiring from business. The punchline: he's quitting not from legitimate failure, but because his fire-insurance company refused coverage—implying he planned arson for insurance fraud. This reflects period stereotypes associating Jewish immigrants and small business owners with insurance scams, a common antisemitic trope in early 20th-century American humor. Both cartoons employ ethnic caricature and dialect humor typical of Judge's satirical approach toward immigrant communities of the era.