Judge — July 3, 1926 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a humorous domestic satire about married life and sleep. The cartoon sequences depict: 1. **Top panel**: Multiple figures (possibly judges or authority figures) with text about "after-dinner speech is good for a month" 2. **Middle panels**: A couple where one partner points a telescope/instrument at a crescent moon and stars, with the caption about telling "the Judge in the mornin'" being "good for six of 'em" 3. **Lower panels**: A woman in bed protected by an umbrella/canopy; a man also in bed; clock imagery; and commentary about "the little woman's nightly serenade" needing protection and "her sister under the skin, even more so" The joke appears to satirize snoring and nighttime domestic disturbances—suggesting women's snoring requires literal protection from its volume. This reflects period attitudes about marital comedy and gender stereotypes common to early Judge humor.