Judge, 1914-12-12 · page 11 of 24
Judge — December 12, 1914 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This cartoon satirizes wealthy idlers of the Gilded Age—three fashionably dressed men in top hats and overcoats, carrying canes, depicted as useless "drones" (a reference to male bees that contribute nothing to the hive). The accompanying text mocks their parasitic lifestyle. "Early Copy" complains about their existence; "Quite Likely" jokes that a Christmas goose was "as facetious" (mocking) as their behavior at dinner. "Making the Rounds" features a cynical dialogue: when asked when someone "came to the turning point of his life," the answer is "when he began to roll in the wealth that was left him"—criticizing inherited wealth and idle privilege. The satire targets the non-working upper classes who contribute nothing to society while living luxuriously off inherited money.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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