Judge — January 26, 1924 — page 19: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

**Top cartoon ("Fair Driver"):** A woman driver boasts to her male companion (James) about narrowly avoiding a rabbit. The satire mocks early female drivers—suggesting they're oblivious or poor drivers who would congratulate themselves for basic safety, while implying their "presence of mind" is questionable or limited. **Bottom cartoon ("Mother"):** A mother scolds her son Willie for threatening another child with a milk bottle, warning him not to damage it because they have a nickel deposit. This satirizes Depression-era penny-pinching and parental priorities—the mother is more concerned about recovering the deposit than her son's violent impulses, reflecting economic hardship when even small deposits mattered. Both cartoons use humor to critique social behaviors: gender stereotypes about driving and working-class financial desperation.