Judge — December 6, 1924 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis This page contains two separate humorous cartoons satirizing domestic life and social conventions of the era (likely early 20th century based on style). **Top cartoon**: A woman complains to a male author that his satirical book made her "sides ache" from laughing. He responds he's glad she enjoyed his satire, as he wanted readers to "sleep on it"—suggesting his work was intended as serious social criticism, not mere entertainment. **Bottom cartoon**: A husband questions his wife about her newly bobbed hair, asking whether she'll let it grow back. This satirizes the 1920s fashion controversy surrounding bobbed hair—a symbol of women's liberation and changing social norms that conservatives found shocking. Both cartoons gently mock contemporary social anxieties: intellectual pretension and generational shifts in women's appearance and autonomy.