Judge — June 2, 1923 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The End of the Rainbow" This satirical illustration depicts a wedding scene in what appears to be a grand interior with arched doorways. A bride in white stands between two older gentlemen in formal attire—one on each side appears to be presenting or discussing the bride as if she were a commodity or prize to be won. The title "The End of the Rainbow" suggests disillusionment with marriage, playing on the folk saying that finding a pot of gold at a rainbow's end represents achieving an impossible dream. Here, the "rainbow's end" reveals not treasure but marriage itself—depicted cynically as a transaction between men rather than a romantic union. The cartoon satirizes marriage as a mercenary arrangement controlled by men, mocking both the institution and societal expectations around matrimony in the era Judge magazine served.