Judge — December 16, 1911 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This humorous four-panel comic depicts a romantic pursuit styled as a chase scene. Panel 1 shows Miss Gotrox meeting Count De Broke in the park; she decides to "lay siege to his affections." Panels 2-3 show her attempting to win him over through equestrian skills and other tactics, but he remains indifferent—described as oblivious to her "jingle of the dough bag" (her wealth). Panel 4 concludes with her overwhelming him "by sheer force of numbers," suggesting she enlists multiple companions or suitors to pursue him collectively. The satire appears to mock romantic persistence and the complications of courtship, likely playing on contemporary anxieties about marriage, wealth, and gender dynamics. The "Count" title reference in the heading suggests social pretense and fortune-hunting may be satirized as well.