Judge, 1904-02-13 · page 18 of 20
Judge — February 13, 1904 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical "valentine" cartoons by artist Zim mocking various American institutions and figures of the early 1900s. **Key targets identified:** - **Justice figure** (center): Depicted as corrupt, with text noting the legal system's wheels grind based on money ("spon-du-lix"), satirizing bribery in courts. - **Uncle Sam** (lower left): Shown confused with question marks, contradicting his boast of being "monarch of all I survey," with the caption "Not yet"—likely critiquing American imperial ambitions or domestic authority. - **Tammany Hall reference** (text): Alludes to the notoriously corrupt New York political machine. - **Lobster and other figures**: Appear to represent political/social entities being satirized through exaggerated caricature. The overall message criticizes institutional corruption, judicial venality, and questionable American power claims circa 1903, using grotesque humor typical of Judge magazine's muckraking tradition.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
st Fourteenth street, is Tamma-nee. COME AND SEE US. The wheels of justice grind and grind Each day, each hour, each minute. But all depends of course ($) upon ‘The spon-du-lix there's in it. UNCLE SAM. = @. L have @ good reason to hip, hip, hooray, “= =D For | am the monarch of all | survey! 2 Not yet. COPYRIGHT 1903 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. ‘Sackett Wildoless Litho & Pig Co NewYork. A FEW VALENTINES BY “ZIM.” comicbooks.com