Judge — September 14, 1918 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is an illustration by Orson Lowell depicting a beach scene. The caption reads "Yulia, You Should Come Kvick und der Gomical Fish" (with intentional comedic misspelling suggesting a German or Eastern European accent). The humor appears to play on ethnic stereotyping through dialect humor—common in early 20th-century American satire. A woman in the foreground reclines dramatically while gesturing toward someone in the water, with other beachgoers visible in the background and a seaside resort or boardwalk visible in the distance. Without additional context about "Yulia" or the specific satirical moment Judge was addressing, the precise political/social reference remains unclear, though the accent-based humor and beach setting suggest it's mocking immigrant speech patterns or behavior—typical of Judge's satirical approach to contemporary social issues.