Judge — September 7, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top cartoon ("Impressionistic"):** A man and woman view a landscape. He claims it's "yours," she prefers it "without figures"—satirizing Impressionist art's subjective nature and disagreements over aesthetic value. **Middle section:** "Snarls of a Soured Sage" contains brief cynical observations about human nature (corruption, materialism, hypocrisy). The accompanying illustration shows a grumpy character dispensing wisdom. **"Applied Geometry" section:** A logical syllogism humorously "proves" a fisherman is a liar through geometric reasoning—typical of Judge's wordplay humor. **Bottom cartoon ("At a Wagner Concert"):** Two audience members discuss the music's quality, with one sarcastically suggesting it would sound "more like music" if played differently—mocking Wagner's famously complex, challenging compositions and audiences' pretended sophistication.