Judge — December 19, 1903 — page 40: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon satirizes a woman's romantic decision-making. The dialogue reveals that a woman (presumably named in the OCR as "she") accepted a man named Jerrold's proposal not for genuine affection, but out of spite—she noticed a rival's hair on his coat collar, suggesting he'd been intimate with another woman. The joke mocks both parties: the woman's petty jealousy driving her acceptance, and Jerrold's casual infidelity. The title "Saw Enough" underscores that visual evidence of betrayal paradoxically secured his engagement. The illustration shows fashionably dressed women in what appears to be a social setting, typical of Judge's commentary on upper-class courtship rituals and the sometimes irrational motivations behind marriage decisions.