Judge — August 20, 1910 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon satirizes fortune-telling as a metaphor for political prediction. The central image shows a fortune-teller's tent labeled "Political Seventh Son" — referencing the folk belief that a seventh son possesses supernatural abilities. The tent displays signs reading "Pennsylvania O.K." and what appears to be campaign or political imagery, suggesting the cartoon comments on politicians' claims to predict electoral outcomes or public sentiment. The fortune-teller apparatus (crystal ball, mystical paraphernalia visible in the tent) mocks the dubious nature of political forecasting. The banner "All Fortunes Told" suggests politicians make sweeping, unfounded predictions. This appears to satirize either pre-election polling confidence or a specific politician's overconfident prognostications—likely referencing a contemporary 1890s-1900s political figure, though the specific individual remains unclear from the image alone.