Judge — December 20, 1919 — page 25: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page satirizes prominent early 20th-century figures through their smoking habits. The title suggests that creative professionals—artists, writers, performers—enjoy cigarettes and cigars as sources of inspiration or relaxation. The page presents nine photographs of named individuals (Joseph E. Smith, Aristide Scotti, Frank Crouton, and others—several names partially illegible in OCR) posed smoking cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. The captions provide humorous commentary: one notes a diplomat "draws on a fag for inspiration," another jokes that "Uncle Josh" was "reproached by his watch for time wasted on a wicked weed." The satire appears gentle rather than biting—it's poking fun at these public figures' well-known smoking habits, treating their tobacco use as a defining characteristic. This reflects early 1900s attitudes when smoking was socially acceptable and even fashionable among professionals and artists. Without clearer identification of all subjects, the specific satirical targets remain partially unclear.