Judge — May 26, 1928 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two separate gag cartoons: **Top cartoon**: Depicts tramps or vagrants "registering sorrow for a dented fender" on a delivery van. The joke satirizes the contrast between the working-class vehicle's actual damage and the exaggerated legal/formal response it receives—mocking either insurance procedures or the absurdity of vagrants making official complaints. **Bottom cartoon**: Shows a rural scene where someone has fallen into a well. A character calls out "Hey, Ma! Pa wants y'u! He fell in the well"—a darkly comedic take on country life mishaps and the casual, almost matter-of-fact response to disaster in rural settings. Both cartoons use class-based humor typical of early Judge magazine, contrasting urban formality with working-class indifference, and rural simplicity with genuine danger.