Judge — December 9, 1905 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon ("Clever"):** A woman in a carriage passes a house party. The joke's caption reveals she's a widow who "fixed over" her appearance so successfully after remarriage that "she looks almost as good as new"—a dig at cosmetics and remarriage practices among wealthy women. **Lower Cartoon ("The Difference"):** Two figures (appears to be an Irish immigrant and an Oirish-American) debate religious differences. The humor relies on ethnic stereotyping and dialect humor common to the era, mocking both Irish immigrants and assimilated Irish-Americans through exaggerated speech patterns. Both cartoons reflect Judge's satirical approach to contemporary social anxieties about class mobility, cosmetic enhancement, immigration, and assimilation in turn-of-the-century America.