Judge — December 1935 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This Judge magazine page contains two cartoons satirizing early 20th-century American politics and labor unrest. The top cartoon depicts a couple in a boat during rain, with the caption "Cheer up, darling, into every life a little rain must fall!" — likely commenting on economic hardship or political turbulence of the era. The bottom cartoon shows a labor strike scene with picketers holding signs reading "STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGES" confronting what appears to be police or authorities at a building. The caption "I smell a rat" suggests suspicion of government collusion or betrayal — possibly implying authorities siding with employers against strikers. The text discusses Republicans and Democrats competing, card-playing cops, and romantic entanglements, using these as metaphors for political deception and social disorder during this period of labor conflict.