Judge — March 27, 1915 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cover illustrates "A Shipment of Gold"—likely referencing World War I financial matters. The illustration shows a fashionably dressed woman with an elaborate feathered hat, her torso divided by horizontal lines suggesting she's being sectioned or divided up like a commodity being shipped. The satire appears to critique how wealth or resources (the "gold") are being parceled out or distributed during wartime. The woman's sophisticated appearance and the compartmentalization of her figure suggest commentary on how money or resources are being allocated among different interests or nations during the early years of WWI, when the U.S. was still officially neutral but deeply involved in war financing. The artist is credited as "James Montgomery Flagg."