Judge — July 26, 1930 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains two cartoons from Judge magazine, both satirizing workplace dynamics. The top cartoon titled "JUDGE" depicts a golf scene where someone has hit a ball onto a fairway. The dialogue "'Fresh thing—what did he say?' / 'He said not to forget to replace the fairway!'" suggests a young, impertinent employee making a cheeky remark to authority. The bottom cartoon shows office workers attempting to leave early on a Friday ("week-enders") to catch an early train, while their boss sits at a desk. The visual chaos—with figures moving frantically and items scattered—depicts the comic struggle between employees wanting to depart and management's authority to detain them. The satire targets the tension between working-class desires for leisure time and managerial control over employees' schedules.