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# Judge Magazine, June 14, 1920 - Cartoon Analysis This cartoon satirizes divorce proceedings and spousal support disputes. A lawyer addresses a female client (likely seeking alimony), while a man (presumably her husband) listens in the background. The lawyer tells the woman her requested alimony is "excessive" and that her husband "could never pay it," then suggests the husband "should be able to, now that he hasn't me to support." The joke targets the legal profession itself—the lawyer implies he was a financial burden on the husband, and now that the lawyer is no longer involved, the husband should have more money. It's a self-aware, somewhat cynical jab at lawyers' fees during divorce proceedings, suggesting legal costs drain client resources more than spousal support obligations do.