Judge — February 2, 1907 — page 2: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page satirizes **New York's wealthy millionaires amid poverty**. The left cartoon depicts a rotund figure labeled "HELP!!!" representing the supposedly struggling rich—a mockery of their claims of financial hardship despite enormous wealth. The text ridicules the disconnect between New York's billionaires (naming Russell Sage, W.K. Vanderbilt, and J.P. Morgan) and the city's poor. It sarcastically notes that even Morgan's "small personal savings are negligible" and critiques how the wealthy claim poverty while sitting on fortunes exceeding $100 million. The right section discusses Carnegie's Tower of Babel library proposal, apparently a failed architectural scheme. The magazine's intent is clearly satirical—exposing the absurdity of plutocrats' self-pity.