Judge — February 1935 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Judge Magazine Cartoon Analysis This page contains two satirical cartoons about romantic and social confrontations. The **top cartoon** depicts a flapper-era couple at an elegant party. The woman boasts to her friend "Gladys" about telling off her date "Bill" after he made an unwanted advance on the dance floor. The dialogue mimics working-class speech patterns of the 1920s. The satire targets both the woman's exaggerated bravado about rejecting male advances and the man's presumptuous behavior—she claims to have told him off forcefully, yet her vague, giggling account suggests she may be embellishing. The **bottom cartoon** shows what appears to be a confrontation between men, with the caption "Are you looking for trouble, young man?" This likely depicts the consequence of the woman's story—perhaps the rejected suitor or an angry friend/relative challenging the protagonist, suggesting the woman's "brave" rebuff has escalated into actual conflict. Both cartoons mock period attitudes about dating, masculine pride, and female independence through exaggerated dialogue and situation.