Judge — July 21, 1928 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two cartoons satirizing modern life and leisure: **Top cartoon:** Mocks the "late-slang modern furniture" trend of the era, depicting a cluttered studio with people awkwardly arranged on unconventional seating. The satire targets fashionable but impractical modernist design becoming popular in studios and artistic spaces. **Bottom cartoon:** Shows a camping scene where a woman remarks that her husband's shadow resembles a bear. This jokes about the anxiety of outdoor tourism—the discomfort and uncertainty city people experience when camping or vacationing in natural settings. Both cartoons reflect early 20th-century urban anxieties about adopting new trends (modernism, recreational camping) without fully understanding or adapting to them, mocking middle-class pretension.