Judge — August 28, 1920 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Pebbles on the Beach" — Political Satire This single-panel cartoon depicts various political figures and issues as characters scattered on a beach, drawn by Elloson Hoover. The "Woman Vote" appears central, surrounded by politicians and issues competing for attention. Visible figures include Cox, Harding, Coolidge, Hayes, Roosevelt, and others—likely referencing the 1920 presidential election. Issues like "The Congress," "Capital," "Labor," "Debt," and the "Eighteenth Amendment" are personified as separate entities on the shore. The beach setting suggests these political matters are trivial distractions ("pebbles"), while waves in the background may represent larger forces. The satire appears to mock how politicians and issues competed for women voters' newly granted suffrage rights (19th Amendment, ratified 1920).