Judge — April 28, 1928 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three separate satirical cartoons: 1. **"If Kids Talked as We Do"** - Two children mimicking adult political speech about "radical changes" and "color combinations," satirizing how politicians use vague, pretentious language to obscure simple ideas. 2. **"The Office Manager and Efficiency Expert"** - Shows a businessman designing an elaborate nursery with charts and signs ("Watch Us Grow," "Pep"), mocking corporate efficiency experts who apply industrial management methods to inappropriate contexts like childcare. 3. **"Ex-Husbands"** - A man selecting a child's portrait from a lineup while a small child watches, with the caption "It's a wise child who knows his own father"—satirizing infidelity and paternity uncertainty. 4. **Right panel** - Spring flowers emerging, captioning "April showers bring forth May flowers." The overall theme critiques pretentious business culture, political rhetoric, and social hypocrisy.