Judge — April 24, 1915 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "The Stone Age" - Judge Magazine, April 24, 1915 This cartoon satirizes women's fashion of the era, specifically the popular "hobble skirt" — an extremely tight, restrictive skirt that severely limited movement. The title "The Stone Age" is a pun: the women appear literally immobilized, as if frozen in stone, unable to move freely. The two fashionably-dressed women sit facing each other on chairs, their legs bound by the constrictive garment, appearing to struggle with basic movement. The satire mocks both the impracticality of contemporary women's fashion and, implicitly, the limitations it imposed on women's physical freedom and activity. Judge used the cartoon to critique how women sacrificed mobility and comfort for style during this period.