Judge — April 28, 1906 — page 2: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page from Judge (a satirical weekly) contains several brief political commentaries rather than a single cartoon. The main satire targets **Senator vacation plans**, mocking senators' proposed trip to Cuba to investigate property complaints. Judge ridicules this as wasteful—using taxpayer money to send politicians on junkets disguised as fact-finding missions. Other items mock: - **President Roosevelt's potential 1908 run** ("swing round the circle") - **Andrew Carnegie's recent kiss scandal**, sarcastically defending him against criticism - **Divorce trends**, particularly a woman suing because her husband owns too many colored shirts—satirizing trivial marital disputes The cartoons (crude pen sketches) illustrate these brief items with exaggerated figures. The overall tone is cynical about politicians' self-serving behavior and contemporary social absurdities.