Judge, 1925-01-10 · page 19 of 36
Judge — January 10, 1925 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This appears to be a sequential narrative cartoon satirizing bureaucratic chaos or administrative breakdown. The story begins with someone saying "SARDINE" (panel 1), escalates to a warning about something happening "in twenty-six letters" (panel 6), and culminates in complete pandemonium—crowds rioting, police ("COP!!"), and general disorder. The final large panel shows masses of people in chaos with someone shouting "A FREE LETTER WOULD FED BULL" while another cries "COP!!" The satire likely critiques how minor administrative issues or miscommunications spiral into massive public disorder. The "sardine" reference and "free letter" suggest this may lampoon postal service problems or government communication failures, though the exact political event referenced isn't clear from the visible text alone.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
———$—__ SOMETHING ABouT To E biepttay IN TWENTY— ok teT TERS — stad. dal : aR me Br comicbooks.com