Judge — January 12, 1924 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This page contains two satirical cartoons about early automobiles and public safety. The **top cartoon** titled "The cold bath fiend tires of being disbelieved" depicts skeptics witnessing a person in a bathing suit standing in a large basin—likely illustrating claims about cold-water bathing's health benefits that observers doubt. The **bottom cartoon** shows a dramatic automobile accident where a car has crashed, ejecting its occupants. The caption reads: "Py golly! I chust got outa de road in time dat time or I mighta been killed!"—using exaggerated dialect humor. The satire mocks both the danger of early motorcar travel and drivers' narrow escapes from accidents. Together, these cartoons reflect early 1900s anxieties about new technologies and dubious health fads.