Judge — September 27, 1919 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Same Old Story" by Foster Ware This page combines a satirical cartoon with a short story. The cartoon depicts a crowded dance floor with well-dressed figures in energetic, somewhat chaotic motion. The caption reads: "Don't you think young Jones is progressing in his dancing?" / "Yes, by leaps and bounds." The joke is visual wordplay: Jones is literally leaping and bounding around the dance floor in an ungainly manner, making "progressing in his dancing" a humorous contradiction. The cartoon mocks awkward dancers who move erratically rather than gracefully. Below is Foster Ware's story about a respectable citizen named Jones who, despite his upright reputation, secretly desires a drink and visits soda counters to order cocktails disguised as soft drinks—satirizing Prohibition-era hypocrisy about alcohol consumption.