Judge — February 12, 1910 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine page (dated December 12, 1910) presents a visual joke titled "Poor Cupid!" The cartoon shows Cupid's decline across two panels: "Yesterday" displays a plump, healthy apple; "To-Day" shows a withered, diseased fruit. Below, Cupid lies defeated on the ground, his bow broken. The satire appears to critique the deterioration of romance or love in modern society—likely referencing contemporary social changes like urbanization, commercialism, or shifting gender relations of the Progressive Era. The apple symbolizes love's former vitality, now corrupted or "diseased." The classical figure of Cupid, rendered powerless, suggests romantic ideals have become obsolete or corrupted by modernity. The specific social critique remains unclear without additional context.