Judge — March 31, 1928 — page 20: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains four separate satirical cartoons mocking everyday situations: 1. **"Laundress"**: A woman in distress over a man's clothing, playing on the phrase "he loves me, he loves me not." 2. **"Chess player takes up golf"**: Mocks someone applying intellectual strategy to a leisure sport. 3. **"Former Plumber"**: A plumber has forgotten his tools after two hours of work—satirizing absent-mindedness or incompetence among tradespeople. 4. **"Wedding in Hollywood"**: Jokes that movie colony couples throw pearls instead of rice at weddings (mocking Hollywood excess and pretension). 5. **"Selling fast—Voice disguiser"**: A humorous advertisement for a phone attachment allowing people to disguise their voices to avoid unwanted dates. The cartoons target middle-class foibles, modern technology quirks, and Hollywood stereotypes typical of early-to-mid 20th century American satire.