Judge, 1912-07-13 · page 22 of 24
Judge — July 13, 1912 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with one narrative cartoon feature** ("Just Among Friends"). ## The Main Story/Cartoon: "Just Among Friends" depicts a sewing circle of ladies discussing a dramatic hotel fire in London. One traveler describes a harrowing experience where she and an elderly companion, Miss Plankington, were trapped on the third floor. The joke's implication: Miss Plankington, known for appearing "too pre-eminently youthful to be quite popular," survived unharmed—suggesting her youth may have been artificially maintained, or the disaster didn't disrupt her composure as it should have. The humor lies in gentle mockery of an aging woman trying to appear younger than her years. ## Context: This reflects **early 20th-century social attitudes** about aging women and propriety. The sewing circle setting—women doing charitable needlework while gossiping—was a common middle-class domestic scenario. The page is otherwise filled with **period advertisements**: Old Overholt Rye whiskey, hotel promotions (Navarre, Baldwin), art instruction books, and Club Cocktails, typical of Judge's commercial content.
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