Judge — September 9, 1916 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine cartoon satirizes a man named Jimmy who is apparently skilled at "approaches"—likely meaning he's persuasive or charming in social situations. The joke plays on a double meaning: Belle compliments his "approaches" at the cricket club (a prestigious country club), but Jack reinterprets this as Jimmy's approach to borrowing money. Jack reveals he lent Jimmy twenty dollars on their first meeting, suggesting Jimmy uses his charm to extract loans from people. The humor relies on the social embarrassment of discussing debt openly and the implication that Jimmy is a chronic borrower who exploits his likability. The setting at an exclusive Pennsylvania cricket club emphasizes the upper-class context where such financial awkwardness would be particularly mortifying.