Judge, 1931-09-19 · page 5 of 36
Judge — September 19, 1931 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# "Can You Read That Chart?" This cartoon satirizes vision problems and optometry. An optician displays an eye chart to a patient who cannot read it, with the man gesturing in frustration. The joke relies on irony: the eye chart itself is rendered in deliberately illegible, jumbled letters (XYZK MNOP, etc.), making it impossible for anyone—patient or reader—to actually read. The cartoon appears to mock either incompetent opticians or the absurdity of vision testing itself. The sign "DE GAZE OPTICIAN" may be a play on words related to looking/gazing. This was likely humorous to 1931 readers familiar with visiting eye doctors, poking fun at a common, slightly uncomfortable medical experience.
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