Judge — October 24, 1914 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This illustration depicts a woman in elaborate Edwardian dress reaching upward toward a pot of gold, apparently finding treasure at the rainbow's end. The image is signed by what appears to be Conger or similar. The satire likely plays on the folk legend of finding riches at a rainbow's end—presenting the fantasy as literally attainable for this fashionably-dressed woman. Given Judge magazine's tradition of social commentary, the "loot" probably satirizes either: materialism among wealthy women, the allure of luxury goods and fashion, or perhaps the fantastical expectations of wealth. The whimsical, dreamy composition reinforces that this "treasure" is as mythical as the rainbow itself—a commentary on unrealistic desires or aspirations of the era's upper classes.