Judge — January 23, 1926 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page collects comic vignettes satirizing wealthy society and romantic entanglements. The top panel mocks nouveau riche pretension: a woman claims a stolen stickpin belonged to "a millionaire" named Woolworth—likely referencing the Woolworth retail fortune. The "Greenwich Village Follies" section satirizes bohemian and working-class characters. One sketch jokes about digging up another man—crude innuendo about affairs. Another depicts a well-dressed man with a shovel and his companion, humorously suggesting illicit activity or grave-digging as metaphor for romantic betrayal. The right panel shows a fantastical winged creature (appears to be a genie or fairy) with the caption about "blueprints" for an oyster—obscure wordplay, possibly mocking pretentious artistic or culinary claims. The final panel references a magic lamp, invoking the Aladdin tradition to satirize class mobility and wish-fulfillment fantasies among ordinary people aspiring to wealth. Overall, the page mocks wealth aspiration, romantic deception, and bohemian pretense through exaggerated visual humor.