Judge — January 16, 1915 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "About Motors" - Judge Magazine Satirical Page This page presents early automotive-era humor, mocking the emerging car culture and social anxieties around automobiles (likely 1910s-1920s). The satirical sketches include: - **Racing car (#5)**: Represents speed and danger obsessions - **"A steering device"**: Mocks pretentious automotive terminology - **Fashion figures** (women with exaggerated dress/hats): Satirizes how automobiles affected fashion and women's liberation—cars required practical clothing - **"Splash feed," "Ball bearing," "Radiator trouble"**: Double-entendre jokes playing on mechanical terms - **"A universal joint"**: Likely jokes about romance/intimacy enabled by automobiles - **"All Nations Welcome" garage**: Possibly satirizes how cars democratized transportation across class lines The overall tone ridicules both mechanical complexity and how cars were reshaping social conventions, particularly regarding gender and courtship.