Judge — November 7, 1925 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Paris Street Scene" This satirical illustration depicts a chaotic Parisian street scene "from what we see of their comic weeklies," as the caption notes. The cartoon mocks French culture and morality through exaggerated depictions of public behavior: nudity, lewdness, and general licentiousness. Multiple nude and semi-nude figures engage in various activities alongside clothed characters, acrobats, musicians, and performers. The satire appears to reinforce American stereotypes about France as morally lax and sexually permissive—a common theme in Judge magazine's satirical commentary. By attributing these scenes to French "comic weeklies," the cartoonist suggests such depictions were typical of French popular entertainment, contrasting implicitly with more conservative American standards of the era.