Judge — March 17, 1928 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Judge" Cartoon: "Private House" This single-panel cartoon depicts a tall apartment building with numerous windows showing various domestic scenes—couples arguing, people drinking, intimate moments, and general chaos. At street level, a man attempts to enter while a doorman blocks him with the caption: "No, sir, you can't get in—this is a private house!" The satire appears to target apartment living and lack of privacy in modern urban dwellings. Despite being theoretically "private" residences, the building's transparent windows expose residents' most intimate activities to public view. The joke suggests that calling these apartments "private" is absurd when everyone's business is visible to passersby—highlighting the irony of privacy claims in densely-packed city housing.