Judge — April 4, 1925 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains two comic panels satirizing parlor games and social behavior, likely from the early 20th century. The top panel shows a couple at a social gathering where a man requests: "Darling, give me a four-letter word beginning with 'K' and ending with 'S.'" This is a classic double-entendre joke—the innocent word game conceals a suggestive reference to "kiss," playing on the pretense of innocent entertainment masking flirtation. The bottom panel, titled "Kids!", shows the punchline: children have overheard and are mimicking the adults' behavior, innocently repeating what they've observed. The satire mocks how adults engage in suggestive wordplay at social gatherings while pretending propriety, only to have their behavior reflected back through children's literal interpretation—exposing the hypocrisy.