Judge — June 21, 1930 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This single-panel cartoon depicts a man standing amid scattered newspapers, addressing someone named Ella with wounded indignation. He's demanding a household ban on newspapers because they failed to cover or adequately report his speech at the "Tulip Society." The satire targets petty vanity and self-importance. The humor lies in the man's disproportionate response—punishing his entire household by excluding all newspapers simply because a local organization's speech didn't receive press coverage he felt it deserved. The scattered papers underscore the absurdity of his complaint. The "Tulip Society" appears to be a minor civic or horticultural organization, suggesting the man's inflated sense of his own significance. This lampoons both the ego of minor public speakers and the unrealistic expectations some had that local newspapers would cover every community event.