Judge, 1914-11-14 · page 5 of 24
Judge — November 14, 1914 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The illustration satirizes fashion trends and gender norms of the era. The header notes that "feminine styles this winter will be largely military" and references a "Pou-piou overcoat with Scotch kilt insertion"—mocking women's adoption of military-inspired clothing. The sketch shows a fashionable woman in masculine-influenced attire among well-dressed figures, likely satirizing the anxiety among some observers about women's changing fashion choices. The accompanying story text discusses a father-son relationship and social influence, suggesting the satire connects fashion innovation to broader concerns about social roles and propriety. The cartoon appears to mock both the extreme fashion statements and the cultural hand-wringing they generated, typical of Judge's satirical approach to contemporary social debates.
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That feminine styles this winter will be largely military goes without saying; but it is also whispered that masculine mode: will affect the martial. Above is pictured one of the threatened innovations, a Piou-piou overcoat with Scotch kilt insertion. Entering LONE at their fireside sat Mr. and Mrs. Brinslow. They had a son and a daugh- ter, but had you asked Brinslow where either of his offspring was at that hour, he would probably have shrugged his shoulder rch me!’’ It is to this state of uncertainty regarding the whereabouts of their progeny after eight o'clock at night that a large number of American Parents are reduced. Brinslow was open- ing a blade of his knife to cut the pages of a magazine he was reading, when his wife said, “Albert, dear, I want to tell you something that a Speaker at our club said this afternoon. He was talking about the ‘Duties Into the Life By MORRIS WADE of Parents,’ and he said something I feel sure to be true about fathers and their sons, He said that the relations between the fathers of to-day and their sons were not sympathetic enough, and that fathers should get closer to their sons by doing the things that they do and taking an in- terest in all of the things their sons did.’’ “Did, huh?” “Yes, he did, and I believe that there is a great deal in it. I just feel sure, Albert, that if you entered more fully into our Reginald’s life, there would be a better understanding and a closer tie be- tween you, and you could influence him NEVER TO PART AGAIN of Reggie more, There is too great a guif between you. There are so many things you could have in common if you would. I wish that you would really try to enter more fully into Reggie’s life.’’ “‘Want me to learn to tango with him and’’—— “Now, Albert, you know that’’. “‘Want me to come out ina pink shirt and an orange-yellow tie and lemon- colored gloves and’’--— “‘Now, Albert, you know that I would object to you doing anything so absurd as that, and’’—— “Want me to go joy-riding with him and a lot of all-dolled-up, screeching girls and’’—— “You know that I don’t mean that’’—— “Want me to walk .up and down Broadway, with comicbooks.com