Judge — September 10, 1921 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine features a single cartoon titled "Betty's First Sea-Breeze" drawn by S.D. Runyon. The image shows a woman and child at the beach; the child asks their mother, "Where does it come from, mother, I don't see any trees?" The humor is a gentle domestic joke rather than political satire. The child's innocent question misunderstands the source of wind—apparently expecting it to originate from trees (as wind moves through foliage). The mother's fashionable beach attire and the seaside setting suggest this is early 20th-century leisure culture. This is a humorous anecdote about childhood logic, typical of *Judge*'s lighter satirical content, rather than commentary on contemporary political events.