Judge — November 24, 1923 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page presents satirical sketches by Clive Weed depicting American expatriates celebrating Thanksgiving in Paris. The humor contrasts American homesickness with Parisian indifference to the holiday. The sketches show various character types: Americans struggling with language barriers ("my perfectly inadequate French"), trying to recreate home traditions abroad, and encountering bemused or dismissive French locals. The dialogue—"Paris is Paris!" and "We think some Parisians are queer"—suggests mutual cultural bewilderment. The final caption's punchline ("but look at the home folks!") implies that Americans abroad may find Parisians strange, yet Americans back home are equally peculiar—a commentary on cultural relativity and the universal oddness of human behavior regardless of nationality. The overall satire gently mocks both American expatriate sentimentality and cultural superiority, while celebrating the holiday's displacement from its traditional home context.