Judge — January 23, 1915 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This appears to be a humorous cartoon titled "When Bobbie's Kept In," depicting a dog sitting between two outhouses labeled "Girls" and "Boys" at what's identified as a schoolhouse. The joke plays on the phrase "kept in" — typically meaning a student confined indoors as punishment. The cartoon literalizes this by showing a dog (named Bobbie) physically kept inside the schoolyard, positioned between the gender-segregated facilities common to period schoolhouses. The humor relies on the innocent double meaning: the dog cannot go out to play while "kept in," but is also positioned awkwardly between the segregated toilet facilities — a mildly risqué joke for Judge's adult readership about the constraints placed on the dog (and perhaps students) during school hours.