Judge, 1915-03-20 · page 14 of 24
Judge — March 20, 1915 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon, "Fashion's Trend," depicts an elderly woman admiring a younger woman's fashionable dress, exclaiming "Oh, granny, you are so-o chic!" The satire mocks how fashion trends cycle—what was once worn by grandmothers becomes fashionable again for younger generations. The portrait above them likely represents a previous fashion icon or historical figure. The surrounding text contains brief humor pieces typical of Judge's satirical style: - **"Our Neighborhood"** offers small-town anecdotes poking fun at rural life, editors, and common foolishness - **"Some Dreams"** mocks superficial femininity (paint, powder, padding) - **"The Universal Beau"** critiques shallow, well-dressed men who are "nothing but clothes"—attractive but intellectually empty, useful only for dancing and entertainment The overall message reflects early 20th-century social satire criticizing fashion obsession, gender stereotypes, and the emptiness of purely aesthetic pursuits.
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Our Neighborhood HERE is a country editor in our neigh got one dollar a word borhood who once for what he wrote. He wrote, ‘*Please re mit,"’ and a fellow paid him two dollars. We understand, that the same well-known firm of London tailors is at work on a new play for John Drew next out our way, season. A young man had a tender passion and took his girl a bunch of violets. ‘They are said the maiden. ‘‘And they are so fresh. I think there is some dew on them yet."' The young man_ blushed. said he, “there is; but Iam going beautiful, t to-morrow. "* Grandma Whipple sees by the papers that there are some wonderful spectacles down at the New York Hippodrome. The next FASHION'S TREND “Ob, granny, you are so-o chic!” time she goes to the city she is going around there and get a pair. It is a good thing salt is just as cheap as it ever was, for we have to put a lot of it on the war news nowadays. Hank Purdy, who claims to be an expert, says he can always tell a suffr: haps, but he can’t tell her ve Some Dreams Archie—Papa, what is meant by stuff dreams are made of''? Papa (absently)—Paint, powder, padding and false hair. Why, Indeed? tatistics are al '$ uninteresting.” >? Then why does everybody count Jephants in a circus parade?"’ “the ‘Vne Universal Beau THINKS he’s a man, but he's nothing but clothes; Yet useful the dunce is—he dane His assets are ten—just his tango toe: The real men laugh while he prances, Well trained, the round of the circle he goes, Groomed hero of ballroom romances; He thinks he’s a man, but he’s nothing but clothes; Yet useful the dunce is—he dances! They take him as lightly as ribbon or rose, But they need him sometimes; so it chances That every matron her favor bestows, Flirts practice on him their glances. He thinks he’s a man, but he’s nothing but clothes; Yet useful the dunce is—he dances