Judge — September 4, 1920 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Deep-Sea Vagabonds" This September 4, 1920 *Judge* cartoon, drawn by Walter De Maris, depicts well-dressed passengers aboard a ship under an awning. The title "Deep-Sea Vagabonds" appears ironic—these are clearly wealthy travelers, not actual vagabonds. The cartoon likely satirizes wealthy Americans taking luxury ocean voyages during the early 1920s, perhaps mocking their leisure pursuits or idle wandering. The formal dress and relaxed shipboard setting suggest the cartoon comments on the leisure class enjoying expensive travel. Without additional context, the specific political or social target remains unclear, though it may relate to post-World War I attitudes toward wealth, class, or American leisure culture during the Roaring Twenties.