Judge — November 8, 1919 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Something in the Offing" This illustration by Orson Lowell depicts a social scene where two men discuss an impending airplane flight. Tom urges Dick to hurry ("There's not much time. We want to be there when she takes off"), while Harry questions whether this is an "airplane flight." Tom dismisses the concern as a "bedroom farce." The humor relies on double meaning: "takes off" and "flight" suggest both aviation and romantic/marital escape. The bedroom farce reference implies infidelity or scandalous behavior disguised as innocent travel plans. The cartoon satirizes early aviation's novelty and respectability, contrasting it with the era's risqué theatrical comedies about marital impropriety. The joke depends on readers recognizing "airplane flight" as a euphemism for illicit romantic adventure.