Judge — August 27, 1927 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *Judge* magazine contains two cartoons titled "Judge" satirizing a political figure. The top cartoon shows a man being violently thrown about in clouds, seemingly by unseen forces—depicting chaos and loss of control. The bottom cartoon, titled "Pathetic Figures," illustrates a landscape where various people are engaged in destructive activities: fighting, destroying property, and causing general mayhem. The caption explains the satire's target: "The man who used to attribute every evil to petticoat government"—meaning a politician who previously blamed women's influence (or women's suffrage/political participation) for society's problems. The cartoons ironically show that without that convenient scapegoat, he's left flailing amid actual societal chaos and destruction, suggesting his complaints about "petticoat government" were baseless excuses rather than genuine explanations for real problems.