Judge — November 14, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *Judge* magazine contains humorous cartoons about urban life and social situations rather than political satire. The main content includes: **"The Crusoe of the Future"** — A cartoon depicting someone stranded on a deserted asteroid, satirizing modern civilization's trajectory. **"He Said It"** — A comic sequence about a dinner guest (Horace) making awkward remarks to his hostess Mrs. Figtree. The humor derives from social embarrassment: he comments on her appearance and weight, prompting increasingly uncomfortable exchanges. The joke targets polite society's tension between candid observation and social courtesy. **"Jottings from the Bacterian Gazette"** — Satirical notices about society events involving the "Germ" family and disease-related humor, reflecting early-20th-century fascination with bacteriology and germ theory. The cartoons mock domestic etiquette and social pretension through wordplay and visual comedy.