Judge — October 16, 1926 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis This page contains two cartoon panels satirizing early 20th-century social behavior, signed by what appears to be "Cesare Young." **Top cartoon:** Shows an actress surrounded by men at what appears to be a social gathering. The caption mocks her for writing "a lovely blurb about pipe smoking"—satirizing actors who endorse products in advertisements, particularly the awkwardness when their endorsements contradict their public image or seem forced. **Bottom cartoon:** Depicts a couple in a new automobile. The woman complains that her male companion has ridden (driven) for ten minutes without complimenting her new car—mocking the vanity of car owners seeking validation and the emerging dating ritual of automobile rides as social courtship. Both comics target contemporary vanities: commercial endorsements and consumer materialism, particularly around newly popular automobiles.