Judge — August 2, 1902 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

**Top cartoon ("In Old Kentucky"):** This depicts rural Southern characters in an excited state over "Colonel Rye" (whiskey). The humor relies on dialect comedy and the stereotype of backwoods Kentuckians obsessed with alcohol—a common satirical trope of the era. **Bottom cartoons ("You Couldn't Blame Him"):** These show a man named Goldberg with hands in dramatically different positions—first closed/normal, then spread wide open catching falling objects. The caption suggests that if it rained *money* instead of water, his reaction would naturally be to catch it greedily. This satirizes materialism and greed, suggesting that wealthy or acquisitive people (possibly a reference to a contemporary wealthy figure named Goldberg, though unclear which) can't help their money-grabbing nature. Both cartoons use exaggerated physical comedy and caricature typical of early 20th-century American satire.