Judge — July 2, 1927 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a domestic satire cartoon titled "Wire," showing a camp scene where a wife reproaches her husband Henry for appearing visibly worried or distressed in front of others at camp. The wife's complaint—that he "might have been more considerate of our feelings than to appear at camp looking so careworn"—satirizes social pretense and performative respectability among the upper classes. Rather than addressing the actual source of Henry's anxiety, the wife prioritizes maintaining appearances before their social circle. The cartoon mocks how wealthy Americans prioritized saving face and keeping up appearances over genuine emotional honesty, a common theme in Judge's satirical commentary on Gilded Age and Progressive Era society.