Judge — May 10, 1919 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "A Handy Man" - Judge, May 10, 1919 This cartoon depicts a woman in fashionable dress and wide-brimmed hat observing a man in formal attire juggling what appear to be domestic items or household goods. The title "A Handy Man" suggests satire about gender roles and domestic labor. In 1919 post-WWI America, this likely comments on shifting expectations: men returning from war were expected to resume traditional roles, yet women had gained new independence and workforce participation during wartime. The "handy man" juggling household tasks appears to mock either the idea of men helping with domestic work or perhaps critiques the complexity of postwar domestic arrangements. The drawing is credited to David Robinson, a prominent Judge illustrator of the era.