Judge, 1911-09-30 · page 15 of 23
Judge — September 30, 1911 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top section presents three racist caricatures of women's fashion, with the third explicitly labeled for "a lady of dusky complexion." The outlandish geometric designs—particularly the blocky, exaggerated "square" costume—mock Black women's bodies through crude visual stereotyping. The text falsely claims fashion magazines neglect "the colored race," sarcastically suggesting Judge will "help" by publishing these insulting designs for "camp meetings and clambakes" (venues associated with Black social gatherings). This is explicitly racist satire that dehumanizes Black women by treating their bodies as comedy props requiring special, ridiculous fashion solutions. The "joke" relies entirely on racist caricature. The lower sections contain unrelated humor: short poems and anecdotes about human hypocrisy (complaining neighbors, pedigree obsession, subway complaints) and a workplace joke about a plumber's apprentice. These are conventional Judge magazine filler with no apparent connection to the fashion mockery above.
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FANCIFUL FALL FASHIONS FOR FASTIDIOUS FEMALES. FOR THE WELL-ROUNDED FIGURE. FOR THE TALL, ANGULAR WOMAN, 2. 1. A befitting dress for the woman of well-rounded 2. Astartling but har- figure. (The circular pattern of black velvet on a monious dress design | ground color of turkey red would add attractiveness to for the tall, angular thenatural curves.) woman. AND THE WOMAN OF SQUARE BUILD WHO PRE- FERS A CONTRASTY AND UNUSUAL COSTUME. 3. A beautiful. contrasty square de- sign that might be worn with stun- ning effect by a lady of dusky com- plexion. Fashion magazines throughout the country devote too little space to styles that are particularly suited by cut and design to the exacting requirements of the colored race. Junce is pleased to print here the design of a costume that, if worn at camp meetings and clam- bakes, would be the positive center of attraction and excite the cnvy of the wearer's best friends. The Eighth Wonder. But He Wasn't. DPEITELEE MAY NOLEE: «7 'LL GIVE you a day to get out of HERE was a girl in our town, town.” And she was wondrous cute; 43 » * She did her talking with her eyes, mou Hast) thinks Tim vasislawies.the 1” And let her lips stay mute. town, judge! But when she found her eyes wear out, She loosened up her tongue— But found, much to her horror, then, It really wouldn’t run. Safer. AMOCLES saw the sword suspended by a hair. “Very secure,"” he remarked. “Suppose it hung by a wire that could be pulled?” Where To Begin. O ABROAD and see the world! But before doing that, see America. And before doing that, see the State in which you live. And before doing that, see where the money is to come from. Mr. Gray—Thunder!) What made the gas bill so big this month? Been cooking for boarders?” ee F LACKING IN FIRST ATTRIBUTE. Mrs. Gray—‘‘I guess it was Plumb Wall, what’ ti 5 . é Plumber—** Well, what have ye forgotten 2" heating the stones for my new Apprentice—'* 1 ain't forgotten nothin’, boss."" fireless cooker.”” Plumber—" Ye ain't! Ye ‘ll never make a plumber."* We Fickle Humans. E MAN who is always crowing over his own achievements is quick to complain when his neighbor’s rooster does the same thing. Many a man who prides him- self on the pedigree of his horse doesn't care a fig about his own family tree. It is the occupant of a three- room Harlem flat who protests. loudest about being crowded in the subway. The man who doubts every other man’s fish story feels in- sulted if any one doubts his. The man who expects payment for the slightest service is the one who kicks on having to fee the porter. The woman who is indignant if she is not given a seat ina crowded street car, when she gets a seat, never budges an inch to make room for another straphanger. The man who has failed in everything he has undertaken considers himself competent to tell how the government should be run. Some people get ‘‘all het. up’’ trying to keep cool. —Jehn K, LeBaron, comicbooks.com