Judge — January 1934 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Lacis & Snoops" This appears to be a satirical comic strip about romantic entanglements and social judgment. The central scene shows two elegantly dressed women—one in a striped gown, another in white—apparently discussing a third woman's affair. The surrounding vignettes mock various social observers: gossiping men with signs reading "HOLD YOUR HORSES," characters debating whether someone should "find out to find out with," and a figure declaring "SHE LOVES ME NOT." The satire targets turn-of-the-century high society's obsession with surveillance and moral judgment of women's romantic choices. The title "Lacis & Snoops" directly names the subjects—those who pry into and broadcast others' private affairs. The comic mocks how widely such scandals circulated through social circles, with numerous characters weighing in on matters that weren't theirs to judge.