Judge — January 5, 1918 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon by Orson Lowell satirizes wartime labor disputes or military discipline. A soldier (left) appears to be placing a woman into a large barrel labeled "SLACK" — the title "CANNED!" playing on the double meaning of being fired from a job or imprisoned/confined. The woman wears a nurse's or factory worker's uniform with a distinctive white headpiece, suggesting she's a war-effort worker. The cartoon likely critiques women accused of shirking wartime duties or "slacking" — contemporary slang for avoiding work during WWI. The canning imagery suggests swift, decisive punishment for those deemed insufficiently committed to the war effort. The satirical point remains somewhat ambiguous without additional context.