Judge — March 24, 1923 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "When a Little Dog's in Love" This cover illustration by R.B. Fuller depicts a domestic comedy scene. A well-dressed man watches as a woman sits on an ornate chair, flirting with a small dog on her lap—the dog appears to be offering her a flower or similar object. A second small dog at the bottom of the composition shows jealous or competitive interest. The satire plays on the Victorian/1920s trope of romantic courtship and flirtation, here absurdly applied to dogs performing human social rituals. The title suggests a lighthearted commentary on animal behavior mimicking human love and jealousy. The joke relies on anthropomorphizing the dogs' actions as romantic rivalry, treating their interactions as mock-serious drama.