Judge — July 9, 1927 — page 21: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This multi-panel comic satirizes wealthy socialites and their servants. The top panel shows a well-dressed gentleman in a top hat matching a poor man's offer—suggesting financial desperation masked by genteel pretense. The remaining panels depict servants negotiating with employers over work conditions and compensation. The humor targets both the absurd demands of the wealthy (wanting breakfast at nine, complaining about "an o'tario finger," expecting servants to lick fingers clean) and servants' attempts to exploit or negotiate better terms. The final panel references winning "a gold medal," likely mocking how the wealthy reward loyalty with meaningless honors rather than actual payment—a dig at class hierarchies and the exploitative servant-employer relationship of the era. The overall satire critiques upper-class entitlement and their penny-pinching treatment of household staff despite obvious wealth.