Judge — May 12, 1917 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a humorous domestic scene from Judge magazine depicting a social gathering with musical performance. Two adults comment on a young man named George who is watching a female musician play piano. The joke relies on a double entendre: while one observer notes George "enjoys her playing," the response quips he's "developing a great eye for music"—implying George is more interested in *looking at* the attractive female pianist than actually listening to the music. The phrase "eye for music" is a pun, since having a good "eye" normally means visual appreciation, not auditory appreciation. This reflects period attitudes about young men, courtship, and social gatherings, satirizing the pretense that musical salons were purely cultural events when romantic attraction was clearly at play.