Judge — February 9, 1924 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Two Cartoons from Judge Magazine **Top cartoon:** "Gee, Mary, we gotta go back—I forgot the oars!" depicts a couple in a makeshift boat (appears to be a log with a paddle) surrounded by wreckage in turbulent waters. The humor relies on the absurdity of discovering mid-disaster that essential equipment was forgotten—a commentary on poor planning or absent-mindedness with dangerous consequences. **Bottom cartoon:** "The suburbanite's idea of hell" shows two figures playing what appears to be croquet or lawn bowling in a confined urban alley surrounded by tenement buildings. The satire contrasts the suburbanite's idealized leisure activities with cramped city living conditions, suggesting that urban density represents the opposite of their comfortable suburban lifestyle and recreational ideals.