Judge — May 10, 1919 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Judge Magazine, May 10, 1919 This satirical cartoon depicts a formal ballroom scene titled "Love at First Sight—If it Weren't for the Conventions." The drawing by F. Foster Lincolx shows well-dressed men and women in an elegant interior, apparently at a social gathering or dance. The satire appears to mock the rigid social conventions and etiquette of upper-class society in 1919. The caption suggests that romantic attraction between attendees exists ("love at first sight"), but formal social rules and decorum prevent them from acting on it. The cartoon criticizes how strict conventions constrain natural human behavior and desire, presenting this as an absurd tension between genuine feeling and artificial propriety—a common satirical theme in Judge during this period of social change.