Judge — December 5, 1908 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features an elegant illustration by Harold Chandler Christy (signed and dated 1912) depicting a fashionable woman in profile wearing a large, dramatic hat and holding flowers. Below is a poem titled "I Love My Love," a word-play game popular in the early 1900s where each line begins with successive letters of the alphabet. The satire appears gentle rather than political—it's a commentary on romantic sentimentality and the elaborate fashion of the Edwardian era. The juxtaposition of the sophisticated illustration with the somewhat absurd alphabetical love poem creates gentle humor, poking fun at overwrought romantic expressions and the pretensions of fashionable society. The drawing style exemplifies Judge magazine's focus on stylish social commentary aimed at upper-class readers.