Judge — November 22, 1913 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Judge" Magazine Page Analysis This page satirizes old-fashioned holiday traditions through a "Judge's Revue of Thanksgiving." The main cartoon titled "His Thanksgiving Dinner" depicts an elaborate, chaotic colonial-era feast scene, contrasting elaborate past customs with modern times. The smaller vignettes labeled "Showing Advantages of Y' Good Old Days" mock nostalgic romanticism about the past through humorous exaggeration. They depict impractical historical elements: traveling to Boston for dinner by horseback (taking a week), standing guard all night over food, and a figure hunched over from "heavy pans preventing indigestion." The satire targets readers who idealize "the good old days," suggesting historical life was actually inconvenient and burdensome compared to modern conveniences. The tone is lighthearted ridicule of nostalgia.