Judge — February 25, 1905 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

**Top cartoon ("A Distinction"):** A uniformed official (appears to be police or military) examines a poster for "Mahogany Club—Exhibition Banging Every Night" while addressing two figures. The dialogue contrasts "exercise" with improper conduct, suggesting the club advertises boxing or fighting under the guise of fitness. **Bottom cartoon ("A Reformer"):** Parson Johnson instructs a young man about proper Sunday behavior—fishing and baseball are acceptable, but not on Sundays. The reformer enforces strict religious observance of the Sabbath, a common late-19th/early-20th-century social issue. Both cartoons satirize authority figures (law enforcement and clergy) enforcing arbitrary or hypocritical distinctions in conduct and morality, reflecting contemporary tensions between modernizing leisure activities and traditional moral constraints.