Judge — April 30, 1921 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This is a sketch by Alonzo Kimball from *Judge* magazine showing a domestic scene with dialogue: "I bet that hat'll look fine on ye, Miss." The cartoon depicts a woman trying on or examining a hat while a boy (likely a shop assistant or delivery person) observes. The humor appears to rely on the boy's informal, working-class speech ("I bet that hat'll look fine on ye, Miss") contrasted with the woman's apparent upper-class status—a common satirical device in early 20th-century American humor that mocked class pretensions and the awkwardness of cross-class social interactions. The specific social commentary remains unclear without additional context about what aspect of fashion, class relations, or contemporary events this references.