Judge — May 9, 1908 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a two-part satirical piece mocking someone named Jefferson for laziness and moral conversion. The top panel shows "Indolent Jefferson" in bed while others work around him, with dialogue mocking his idleness ("Not gettin' 'round, hey"). The caption "De chairs am all burned up" suggests property damage from negligence. The six-panel comic strip below, titled "How He Became Converted," depicts Jefferson's transformation from lazy to industrious through increasingly chaotic mishaps—apparently involving a horse-drawn vehicle (#29) causing destruction. The final panel states he'll "hear no more cussin' o' the automobile out o' me," suggesting the story satirizes someone learning car-driving responsibility through disaster. Without the magazine's date or context, the specific Jefferson referenced remains unclear—possibly a public figure or contemporary character—but the satire targets indolence and technological mishap.