Judge — July 19, 1913 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Sweethearts (Judge, July 19, 1913) This page presents three female silhouettes labeled "Early Type," "Daguerreotype," and "Modern Type," arranged around a central oval portrait of a woman in classical dress holding a dark feathered fan or plume. The satire appears to track evolving standards of female beauty and fashion across eras. The "Early Type" shows an extremely thin, angular figure; the "Daguerreotype" (central image) depicts idealized classical femininity; the "Modern Type" shows a tall, slender figure in draped clothing. The joke likely mocks how contemporary beauty standards—represented by the "Modern Type"—differ dramatically from historical ideals, suggesting the fickleness of fashion and aesthetic preferences. The comparison implies that what society deems attractive constantly shifts, making any standard ultimately arbitrary.