Judge — April 23, 1927 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents multiple satirical vignettes about social pretension and moral hypocrisy among the upper classes. The title "Laughs from the Shows" suggests these reference theatrical or entertainment scenes. The central cocktail-glass scene depicts a couple on vacation, with the man boasting about treating a "disappointed" patient for yellow jaundice for three years before discovering he was Japanese—implying the patient's ethnicity somehow invalidates the doctor's accomplishment or makes it laughable. Below, a large middle section parodies show-business bragging, with the cartoonist explaining staged elements he included "because this is the wet number"—mocking how entertainment relies on superficial spectacle. The bottom panel jokes about honor among thieves, showing characters "playing bridge" while engaged in apparently disreputable dealings, satirizing how polite social conventions mask moral compromise. Overall, the page mocks upper-class pretension, professional vanity, and the gap between social respectability and actual ethics—common targets for Judge magazine's satirical commentary.