Judge — November 8, 1924 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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# Page Analysis This page contains two cartoon panels from *Judge* magazine satirizing club membership and child discipline. **Top panel:** Two men walk together discussing a "new member" who is "apparently just swearing himself in." The humor lies in the double meaning—the newcomer is literally taking an oath of membership while also visibly cursing (indicated by his animated gestures), suggesting he's an ill-mannered or unsuitable addition to the club. **Bottom panel:** Titled "How Willie escaped a licking," it shows a man about to discipline a young boy, interrupted by a woman entering. The satire mocks parental discipline avoidance—the child averts punishment through the convenient timing of a visitor's arrival, a common domestic scenario the cartoonist finds humorous and perhaps critiques as poor parenting.