Judge — December 19, 1903 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a seven-panel sequential comic strip from Judge magazine (1903) titled "Cupid Learns Something from a New York Girl on Christmas Eve." The narrative depicts Cupid (the cherubic figure with wings) interacting with a fashionable young woman on a sofa. The strip appears to be satirizing modern New York femininity and dating customs of the early 1900s. Without being able to read dialogue clearly, the visual progression suggests the woman is teaching or instructing Cupid—likely a reversal of traditional gender dynamics where women, particularly "New York girls," are portrayed as confident, assertive, and in control rather than passive objects of romantic pursuit. The satire likely mocks either the "New Woman" figure gaining independence in that era, or conversely, celebrates her modern assertiveness. Panel 8 appears to be a printer's proof or test print (solid black), possibly indicating production notes.