Judge — August 26, 1911 — page 25: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a Judge magazine cover from September 2, 1911, priced at 10 cents. The illustration shows a fashionable woman in an elegant dress looking at her reflection in a mirror, with the caption "Which Hand Will You Take?" The artwork is credited to James Montgomery Flagg, a prominent American illustrator of the era. The image appears to be a commentary on courtship or romantic choice—the woman's reflection presents two versions or choices, playing on contemporary anxieties about women's agency in selecting suitors. The satirical point likely mocks either women's indecision in matters of romance or perhaps social expectations about feminine choice during this period of changing gender roles in early 20th-century America.