Judge — July 3, 1926 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical cartoon depicts a stern female figure (labeled "Judge") standing at the North Pole, enforcing prohibitions via stacked signs: no nose-rubbing, gum drops, dimmed northern lights, sleigh rides, six-month nights, and cracked ice. The cartoon appears to mock excessive regulation and killjoy authority—specifically "Aunty Everything," personifying an overbearing, prudish force that strips away all the magical and pleasurable aspects of Arctic/polar experience. The destroyed sleigh and distressed reindeer below emphasize how her restrictions have made the North Pole barren and joyless. This likely satirizes either specific Progressive-era regulations the magazine opposed, or more broadly critiques puritanical social movements attempting to eliminate popular entertainments and natural pleasures. The "Judge" figure suggests judicial or governmental overreach.