Judge, 1916-03-11 · page 25 of 28
Judge — March 11, 1916 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines satirical commentary with advertising. The main satirical piece, "Not Ankles—Mugs," mocks the anti-ankle legislation movement of the era (circa 1910s-1920s when women's hemlines were controversial). The author argues that if legislators want to regulate women's appearance by requiring longer skirts, they should logically address men's faces instead—cataloging absurd facial types (catfish mugs, bulldog mugs, etc.). The satire's point: the anti-ankle crusaders are hypocritical and ridiculous. The piece notes that whiskers were recently abandoned en masse, revealing the "mug atrocities" underneath, and sarcastically suggests screening men's faces rather than policing women's legs. The advertisements (Egyptian Deities cigarettes, Enoch Bolles' "Steady Work" print) are period typical. The image shows what appears to be a séance or fortune-telling scene, likely illustrating one of the magazine's jokes about spiritualism or consumer culture.
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men act. There are people who can decide in an instant what it would take others a long time to consider. I met a man the other evening who is that way.” “Was he a lawyer?” “T don’t know; but he had an intellectual grasp that was astounding. I met him in the hall just as he was reaching for an um- brella. ‘Is that your umbrella?’ he in- quired. ‘No,’ replied I. ‘In that case.’ he answered, “it’s mine.’ —Buffalo Courier. Bobby’s Imagination—* Bobby,” said the lady in the tube railway, severely, “why don’t you get up and give your seat to your father? Doesn't it pain you to see him reaching for the strap?” train,” said Bobby Not Ankles—Mugs Speaking of anti-ankles legislation, why do not some of the Solons who are exerting their broad and copious intellects in the great field of reefed petticoat statesmanship devote a little attention to the far more pressing question of mugs—the awful, the indecent exposure of mugs, the orgy of mug horrors into which this whiskerless age has plunged us? Cover up the mugs, screen them, get them out of sight! You do not have to look at ankles if you are firm. Mugs you do have tolook at. They stare you in the face every- ¢, out of your own mirror as likely as all about you—in the streets, in public vehicles, in hotel lobbies—e where. And such mugs! Raw beef mugs, catfish mugs, squirrel teeth mugs, globu- lar mugs, lantern-jawed mugs, _ bulldog mugs, rat terrier mugs, porcine mugs, chin- less mugs, simian mugs, prognathous mugs, bejowled mugs—a walking, rocking night- mare of mug atrocities. And all because in some quarter of hirsute impotence there was inaugurated a few years ago a press agent anti-whiskers campaigi That the case against whiskers was strong no denying. By their own fantastic excesses whiskers were vulnerable. Peffer- ian populists, poodle dog pinks, leaky lilacs, paint brushes, agricultural billy goats, alfalfa jungles, excelsior spinaches, soup strainer and walrus mustaches, Newgate frills, ay sluggers—beyond question a face foliage debauch An anti-whiskers reaction was due and it came. The whole whisker crop was mowed down and swept out, and then emerged the mugs. Just as they are, with out one plea, they st < and in entire candor it may be asked if we do not owe whiskers an apology for abuse and rid icule when we shudderingly contemplate what they so long covered up and. saved us from beholding. Surely we do not want another whiskers spree, but by the same token we have enough of whiskers prohibition. A moderate and temperate use of whiskers; that is the demand. Get the mugs behind a screen; that is the slogan New York Sun. A Correction By an error in the Contents of Junce of February 26, the cover design, “The Belle That Calls to Mardi Gras,” was credited to James Montgomery Flagg. It was the work of Goldbeck “Phe Utmost in Cigarettes Pan EndorCok' lp Rople of culture. refinement and education inanably PREFER Deities tc be any 0 other cigarette 25° ios Macnee ot Tesh STEADY WORK! This little girl began at the bottom and worked up! She is still on top! You will be sure of one bright spot on your walls if Enoch Bolles’ daring little rope walker hangs there. It’s the kind of a picture people stop and ask you about. Twenty-five cents and the cou- pon bring “Steady Work” and STEADY WORK Judge’s Art Print Catalog. Br Enoch Bolles Something to Make Your Room Cheery! This catalog contains 62 repro- ductions in miniature, beautifully printed in sepia, on India tint paper. Its regular price is 10 cents a copy. 7 son JUDGE ART PRINT DEPT. JUDGE Fifth Avenue New York 225 Fifth Avenue comicbooks.com