Judge — December 1933 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon satirizes Victor Moore, likely a public figure of the era, through the caption "Nicer Moore—He Liked Everything in California." The sketch depicts various social scenarios: a man and woman in formal dress, figures engaged in leisure activities, a small man in a top hat, and people celebrating. The dialogue includes references to Turkish baths, a "little celebration" for a wife's birthday, and someone who "intends to hang it all." The satire appears to mock Moore's indiscriminate tastes and California's permissive culture. The title "Laughs from Let Them Eat Cake" suggests this comes from a satirical piece about excess and hedonism. Without knowing Moore's specific biography, the cartoon likely ridicules either his gullibility or his embrace of California's loose social standards of the time.