Judge — June 14, 1919 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# Explanation of Judge Magazine Cartoon, June 14, 1919 This cartoon by Foster Lincoln satirizes wealthy high-society women during the post-WWI era. A fashionably dressed woman holds a small dog on a leash while conversing with companions near an automobile. The caption reads: "There's that horrid Mrs. Boring on the other side. Let's cross over. I'm afraid she won't realize I'm cutting her at this distance." The joke ridicules the pretentious social snobbishness of upper-class women—specifically their practice of deliberately "cutting" (publicly ignoring) acquaintances they consider beneath them. The humor lies in the absurdity that Mrs. Boring might not even notice being deliberately avoided from across the street, making the snobbery both cruel and pointless.