Judge — May 9, 1903 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This 1920s page contains two separate cartoons using racial caricature stereotypes prevalent in that era's satirical humor. **Top cartoon ("Obviously Wrong"):** Two Black ministers debate railroad labor on Sundays. The satire targets religious hypocrisy—one claims moral objection to Sabbath work, but his actual complaint is that the noise disturbed his own sleep during his sermon, not genuine religious principle. The joke exposes self-serving piety. **Bottom cartoon ("Never Known to Fail"):** Two figures discuss a folk remedy for toothache: extracting the tooth and eating fudge instead. The satire mocks absurd "cure-all" remedies and folk medicine logic—replacing a problem with something equally problematic. Both cartoons use exaggerated dialect and caricature to create humor through perceived foolishness of their subjects, reflecting Judge's approach to satire through crude stereotyping.