Judge — April 19, 1924 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page 9: Tourist and Waiter This is a single-panel joke cartoon featuring two men: a tourist and a sour waiter. The tourist, examining the waiter's face, claims he must have seen it before somewhere. The waiter's deadpan response—"No, sir. It's always been like this!"—is the punchline, implying his perpetually gloomy or disagreeable expression is permanent and unchanging. The humor relies on the visual contrast between the tourist's pleasant demeanor and the waiter's sour appearance, along with the implied insult in the exchange. The cartoon satirizes the stereotypical unhappy or surly waiter, a common service-industry type. The exaggerated ink illustration style emphasizes the waiter's dour expression for comedic effect.