Judge — November 7, 1925 — page 19: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a multi-panel comic satirizing Parisian nightlife and marital infidelity, styled as "cinema à la 'La Vie Parisienne'" (referencing a famous French satirical magazine). The humor targets: **The Setup:** A husband encounters his wife with a suspicious "terrible blonde" woman, claiming he'll have "a terrible time explaining" who she is—implying extramarital entanglement. **The Jokes:** - A wife describes dreaming of driving, then realizes she was sleepwalking—a surreal non-sequitur punchline - References to acquiring a "black eye from abroad" and multiple failed marriages ("too bad—no one was good!") - Visual gags of characters in exaggerated poses with large decorative elements **The Satire:** Judge is mocking Parisian sophistication and casual attitudes toward marriage/affairs as decadent and absurd. The "gay Paree" framing presents this as exotic continental vice for American readers to find both titillating and morally superior to. The artwork style and casual infidelity references date this to the Jazz Age era (1920s).