Judge — January 14, 1928 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Enchanted Blade" - Judge Magazine Cartoon This page presents a series of sequential cartoon panels titled "The First Cocktail," "The Second Cocktail," progressing through "The Tenth Cocktail." The humor depicts a man's increasingly disheveled appearance and wild behavior as he consumes successive drinks at what appears to be a formal dinner setting. The cartoon satirizes the effects of alcohol consumption, showing the protagonist's gradual deterioration—his hair becomes progressively more unkempt, his demeanor more chaotic, and the dinner table increasingly disrupted. This reflects early 20th-century American attitudes toward drinking and intoxication, likely preceding or contemporary with Prohibition-era concerns about alcohol's social effects. The "Enchanted Blade" title may reference the magical transformation induced by alcohol.