Judge — April 28, 1928 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three distinct satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **Top cartoon**: Mocks infidelity and loose morality among the wealthy. A woman at a bar encounters a man whose face she recognizes—claiming he's her father from when "Mother and I did the Riviera," implying casual affairs and illegitimate children from European vacations. **"Seven 'Donts' for Children"**: Lists rules for child behavior (the repeated "DON'T!"), accompanied by a scene where adults appear to ignore these very rules—suggesting parental hypocrisy about moral instruction. **"Thar She Blows"**: A playful poem about a woman on a boat, using double entendre ("which way the wind was blowing") as innuendo about her skirts or intentions. **"Nine, Cuthbert..."**: Shows children playing with alcohol (a "flask"), satirizing parental negligence about supervising children around drinking. Overall, these pieces satirize moral contradictions between what middle-class adults preach to children versus how they actually behave.