Judge — November 1, 1924 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two cartoons satirizing American class and social anxieties from the early 20th century. The **top cartoon** mocks upper-class parents' concerns about their children's education and social standing. A child mentions having "a cousin what plays on Yale," prompting worried parents to fret the child might be "belittlin' the colliges" and losing social status—apparently from using a commercial toilet soap. The **bottom cartoon** depicts a wealthy woman in bed confronting a burglar, demanding he "run right downstairs in your pajamas and scare h—l out of him" (apparently a servant or another household member). The satire targets the absurdity of upper-class anxiety, where even criminal intrusions become opportunities to exploit subordinates rather than address genuine danger. Both cartoons ridicule bourgeois social pretensions and class anxieties.