Judge — August 30, 1913 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents a sequential comic strip satirizing home construction and repair in early 20th-century America. The narrative follows a homeowner who discovers a leak, calls a plumber, and embarks on a journey to build his own house instead—presumably to avoid future contractor expenses. The strip mocks the era's DIY aspirations and housing optimism, showing the plumber's visit triggering the homeowner's decision to purchase ready-made building plans and construct a bungalow himself. The final panels depict various construction stages and weather challenges (rain, sun). The closing caption "Passed by the Board of Censorship" (attributed to George Carlson) ironically suggests this domestic narrative required approval—likely mocking overzealous censorship boards of the period by applying them to an innocuous home-building story. The satire targets both incompetent contractors and naive homeowner enthusiasm.