Judge — March 25, 1911 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "Feed the Kitty: The Night Before" This Judge magazine cover from March 25, 1911, depicts an anthropomorphized cat as a card player holding a poker hand, with coins scattered on the table. The caption "Feed the Kitty" is a pun—referring both to literally feeding a cat and to the gambling term "kitty" (the pot of pooled money in card games). The cartoon satirizes gambling, likely criticizing the practice of poker and card games popular among men at the time. The "night before" subtitle appears to reference anticipation of consequences. The image uses the innocent figure of a cat to mock human vice, a common satirical device in Judge's humor, making gambling seem foolish and animalistic.