Judge — March 13, 1909 — page 2: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This Judge magazine page contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **"A College Yell"** and **"The Girl of the Period"**: Social commentary on modern women following fashion trends uncritically. 2. **"After the Honeymoon"**: Satirizes marital conflict over finances and housing, with a wife rejecting poverty for her husband's ambitions. 3. **"In the Administration Workshop"**: Political cartoon showing a Judge figure advising a President (labeled "TAFT") on the "Protective Tariff." The judge warns careful handling, suggesting the tariff policy is delicate and risky—likely referencing William Howard Taft's administration and contemporary debates over protective trade policies that were politically contentious. The cartoons mock social pretension, marriage discord, and political caution regarding economic policy.