Judge — May 5, 1928 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine presents a satirical cartoon titled "Intimate Glimpses of the Booby's Intelligentsius" — subtitled "A group of literary sophisticates foregather to discuss their art." The cartoon depicts well-dressed men at what appears to be a social gathering or literary salon, engaged in conversation. The satirical point targets intellectual pretension: the title's use of "Booby's Intelligentsius" (combining "booby" meaning fool with faux-Latin) mocks these men as pseudo-intellectuals or poseurs. The various speech bubbles contain dialogue that likely ridicules their affected conversation about literature and art. The cartoon exemplifies *Judge's* tradition of lampooning American cultural figures and social pretension, particularly the affectations of would-be literary sophisticates of the era. The specific identities of the figures remain unclear from the image alone.