Judge — April 10, 1926 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Two Cartoons on Urban Crowding and Poverty **Top cartoon** (by Cesare): A well-dressed man lectures two poor children about their father's hard work, while the family appears to live in squalid conditions. The satire mocks condescending paternalism—the wealthy offering moral platitudes rather than actual help. **Bottom cartoon** (by Cesare Wyne): A well-to-do woman tells Mrs. Jones that overcrowding on public transportation could be solved if people would "adapt themselves." The satire is biting: the affluent woman, comfortable in her space, suggests poor passengers simply adjust rather than acknowledging systemic causes—inadequate transit, low wages forcing crowded living conditions. The cartoon critiques class blindness and victim-blaming attitudes toward poverty and urban congestion during the Industrial Era.