Judge — October 31, 1925 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis The page contains two separate cartoons satirizing military life and authority. The **top cartoon** depicts a soldier holding a stake while watching an attractive woman pass by. His companion Bill observes that looking at her excites him more than danger does—a joke about romantic distraction versus combat. The **bottom cartoon** shows a captain ordering an officer (Clancey) to arrest a man for "obstructing" his duty. The humor lies in the absurd logic: the captain wants to arrest someone because they happened to stop a bullet meant for him. The punchline plays on the double meaning of "stop"—the man physically blocked the bullet, thereby "obstructing" the captain's performance of duty by preventing his injury or death. Both cartoons mock military hierarchy and the arbitrary logic of commanding officers, typical of Judge magazine's satirical approach to institutional authority.