Judge — February 10, 1923 — page 22: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a Valentine's Day greeting card or advertisement from *Judge* magazine. The image shows a formally dressed man in a tuxedo juggling four cherub-like babies within a large heart shape. The text reads: "BEER AND LIGHT WINE / BEER AND LIGHT WINE / WON'T YOU BE MY VALENTINE" The satire seems to mock the romantic pretensions of courtship by suggesting that alcohol—specifically beer and light wine—are the true "children" or creations of the suitor's affection. Rather than offering genuine romantic devotion, the figure offers beverages as tokens of love. This likely comments on 1920s-era attitudes toward drinking and courtship, possibly satirizing commercialized Valentine's Day or the superficiality of alcohol-fueled romance during Prohibition's era.