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# "Beware of Tourists!" — Judge Magazine Satire This page contains two separate satirical cartoons mocking social anxieties of the era. **Top cartoon:** A domestic dispute where a husband repeatedly complains about angel cake, illustrating marital frustration over trivial matters. **Main story & bottom cartoon:** A cautionary tale about renting rooms to tourists. "Smitty" describes how his home-rental scheme backfired: tourists systematically stole his possessions—pictures, silverware, books—leaving him financially ruined despite charging fees. The story warns middle-class homeowners against this money-making scheme. **Bottom cartoon's secondary joke:** A nouveau-riche sweepstakes winner has become so pretentious after winning that he now demands a doorman, mocking social climbing and the corrupting effects of sudden wealth. The satire targets both the dishonesty of travelers and the false assumptions of ordinary people trying to profit from hospitality. The page reflects anxieties about tourism, theft, and changing social class mobility in early 20th-century America.
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Beware of Tourists! HADN'T seen Smitty for a long time and when I met him on the street the other day I noticed that he w looking down at the mouth. After the conventional ex- change of greetings I voiced my curiosity. “What's the trouble, old man?” ked. “Well, I'll tell you,” Smitty replied. “I was getting along fine until I started renting out rooms to tourists a few months ago. You see, my home is right on the main road and my wife thought we could pick up some extra money thi . * T agreed. “Lots of people make money renting rooms to tourists. How did you come out?” “TL took in a little mone: id Smitty, “but [ lost five dollars for every dollar [ received.” “How on earth?" “Pilfering. People would come in and rent a room and then get up in the middle of the night and leave with an arm- load of pictures, silverware, books, and whatnot.” “You don’t: s i. “It's a ontinued Smitty. “Why. honestly, when [ found out what was going on and started sitting up all night “How many times must I tell you I don’t like angel cake?” “Since he won on the sweepstakes he can’t be satisfied without a doorman.” 8 comicbooks.com