Judge — January 10, 1925 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a humorous sequential cartoon about subway etiquette and crowding. The numbered panels (1-21) depict increasingly chaotic scenarios of passengers in a crowded subway car, progressing from orderly behavior to complete pandemonium. The text references a riddle: "Cries in the subway and has no head in seven letters" — likely referring to "STRAP," the overhead handles passengers grip. The final massive panel shows soldiers in concentric circular trenches, suggesting this may satirize military preparedness or wartime organization, contrasting the domestic subway chaos with military discipline. The overall satire mocks New York City subway conditions and commuter behavior during what appears to be the early-to-mid 20th century, using escalating absurdity to critique crowding and passenger conduct.