Judge — November 3, 1928 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Judge Page: "Judge" This page contains two satirical cartoons: **Top cartoon**: An engineer on a derailed train exclaims "My cripes, I'm lost! Where do I go from here?" The humor appears to mock an engineer's incompetence or confusion following a railroad accident. **Bottom cartoon**: Titled "Girl's Father—The exterminator? Your arrival is timely!" A well-dressed man arrives at a formal gathering while the girl's father welcomes him, apparently joking that he's an "exterminator." This likely satirizes social anxiety about meeting a suitor or an unwanted visitor, using darkly comic language suggesting the father views the newcomer as a pest to be eliminated. Both cartoons employ exaggerated situations and wordplay typical of Judge's satirical style, though their specific topical references remain unclear without additional historical context.