Judge — December 5, 1925 — page 26: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two distinct pieces of content: **Left side:** A diamond and watch mail-order advertisement for Sterling Diamond & Watch Co., offering payment plans ("Send No Money"). **Right side:** A "Table Manners" comic sequence by Bystander showing the story of a bridge party. The top panels depict proper etiquette during a card game—guests arriving, sitting properly, and behaving decorously. The middle panels show the game proceeding with dignified conversation. The bottom panels humorously contrast this with improper behavior: people fighting over the game, someone trapped under a fallen chair, and general chaos. The caption "are better left unprinted" suggests the actual words spoken during the deteriorating party were too crude or vulgar to publish. The page's final joke features children discussing their future ambitions—a boy aspires to be like his father, and a girl playfully responds she'll "be a man like Mummie," poking fun at female independence and gender role expectations of the era. The satire mocks both the pretense of proper social decorum and the reality of competitive bridge playing.