Judge — August 15, 1914 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This August 1914 *Judge* cartoon satirizes a woman's approach to summer leisure during hot weather. The title "Summering Psychologically" suggests she's using mental rather than physical cooling methods. The illustration shows a fashionably dressed woman sitting in a bathtub holding a potted plant and what appears to be imagery of cooler scenes (possibly arctic or winter imagery visible in the background). The devil or demon figure looming behind her adds a humorous, mischievous tone. The satire likely mocks psychological self-help trends of the era—the notion that one could mentally imagine cooler conditions rather than actually escaping summer heat through traditional methods like traveling to cooler locales or simply using a real bath. It's commentary on pseudo-scientific wellness fads using visualization or imagination as substitutes for practical solutions.