Judge — June 10, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon depicts two working-class men in a park setting, titled "Bucolic" (meaning rural or pastoral). The dialogue shows them using dialect speech patterns typical of early 20th-century working-class caricature. One man declines attending a funeral tomorrow because he must "cut society out for a while"—meaning he's prioritizing leisure time or avoiding social obligations. The satire appears to mock working-class priorities and social manners, contrasting rustic informality with the expectations of "society." The park setting, with its trees and distant figures, emphasizes the rural or common-folk context. Judge magazine frequently lampooned class differences and social pretensions of various American groups during this era.