Judge — August 14, 1920 — page 19: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a satirical weekly calendar page from Judge magazine presenting current events through humorous commentary. The strips reference early 1900s topics: **Visible references include:** - Mayflower antique ships from England celebrating - A national golf tournament at Inverness Club, Toledo - U.S. Army entering Peking (Beijing), China - A moose design with 2.7+ billion descendants - Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" political party (implied by moose reference) - Oil well drilling - Spiritualism and office séances (popular pseudoscience of the era) **The humor relies on:** Juxtaposing mundane domestic events (straw hat cleaning, fishing) with major historical happenings. The "things you already know about" format suggests satirizing how newspapers over-covered obvious news. The bottom panels show slapstick physical comedy—a man getting hit with objects—typical Judge humor unrelated to the calendar's political content. Without clearer OCR, some specific references remain unclear, but the page mixes genuine 1910s-era events with absurdist commentary.