Judge — March 11, 1922 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "A Poor Lie" This cartoon by Arthur Lisle depicts a woman with an umbrella confronting two men in formal dress near a grandfather clock showing the time. The title "A Poor Lie" suggests the woman has caught the men in a deception—likely they claimed to be somewhere or doing something, but she's discovered otherwise. The grandfather clock is the key detail: it establishes a specific time, presumably contradicting the men's alibi. The woman's confrontational pose with her umbrella suggests she's confronting them about their false excuse. The formal Victorian-era clothing and setting indicate this satirizes social situations where gentlemen fabricate stories to cover their activities, which their female acquaintances can expose through simple evidence like the time of day.