Judge, 1916-03-18 · page 4 of 28
Judge — March 18, 1916 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page satirizes fashion and social advice through multiple pieces: **Main Section - "Woman's Dress" Controversy:** The text mocks a Virginia legislator's proposal restricting women's hemlines and skirt transparency. The satire argues that while some object to immodest fashion, this draconian measure is excessive. The illustrator depicts a woman in a long skirt, contrasting with contemporary flapper styles. **"Advice" Section:** A cartoon shows two milk bottles—representing "Cultured Milk" and "Refined Sugar"—in confrontation, captioned "In Pure Food Society." This satirizes food industry standards and purity debates of the era. **Right Column - Political Commentary:** References Senator Smith (Rep., Mich.) and mentions England sending a "Colonel House," likely alluding to World War I diplomatic efforts and political tensions. The page blends fashion criticism, food regulation satire, and international politics—typical Judge content targeting urban, educated readers.
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Ankles, Etc. OMAN’S DRESS is attracting censo- rious attention in some quarters and admiration in other quarters. In the Virginia Legislature the other day a member of- fered a measure providing that ‘No female shall ap- pear in public in this com- monwealth with a skirt which does not reach within four inches of the groun with a waist or bodice which exposes more than three inches of the chest or back; and no transparent skirt shall be worn.” Arguing for this drastic measure, its introducer declares that “complete nudi' is more decent than the silhouettes one sees in the summer time.” But his fellow law- makers did not agree with him, and the bill was killed. There are many women who have de- clared against prevailing fashions. The club women of a New Jersey town adjacent to New York have set the limit of shortness toskirts at four inches from the ground, though there is no note as to other details of dress like those which agitated the Virginia legis- lator. As the Philadelphia “each new fashion seems immodest until we get used to it.” And here suggestively is the pith of the whole matter. One who studies the fashions of past periods will wonder that women could have adopted some of them. The crinoline, the bustle, and other monstrous devices would shock the observer of today. A careful study of styles that long have been obsolete should convince fair-minded and clear-eyed persons that women today dress more Ingically and more becomingly than ever before. Their garments give them Ledger says, SEEK eS freedom, and at least suggest some of the details of beauty. Perhaps, as a rule, it is only women who are not becoming in pre vailing fashions that object seriously to the modes. There is no more charming human and civilized spectacle than a handsome woman in evening dress; and really no moral ist can convince a sensible person that there is anything objectionable in a well-turned ankle. Advice DVICE is a veiled but egotistical attempt to show your neighbor how you surpass him intellectually. It is a mag nifying glass wh’ch you hand to him, after which you make certain that you are stand- ing at the proper focal distance. Advice is also used as a sugar coating for criticism, as a diplomatic method of checking of veconduct, and asapastime IN PURE FOOD SOCIETY When Cultured Milk meets Refined Sugar There are two classes of people ebullient with a desire to give advice: those who have had experience and those who have not A request for advice is usually a subtle form of flattery or else a method of dodging responsibility. The person who is wise cnough to take good advice and the one who is too wise to it generally tie the knot of perfect friendship. Advice is a drug on the market. The principal reason why the supply exceeds the demand is because those who need the most take the least Advice should never be followed. If it is good advice, it cannot be followed. The only advice which is good is that which drives you. W NTED, by every political party: a maximum of the hyphen vote and a minimum of publicity as to its bestowal. * So England is to send over a “Colonel House” of her own, They'll all have to come to it, but can the effete monarchies produce them that can keep still in so many different languages? * In time of international stress the question is, what is a merchant ship and what a battleship? What is statesman- ship and what mere ordinary hardship? ¢ Dixie under statewide prohibition is as dry as it was when Ponce de Leon sought the fountain of youth and had to make it grape-juice. * Senator Stone (Dem., Mo.) character- izes a recent speech of Senator Smith (Rep., Mich.) as a “vociferous, scatter ing, dr inane partisan harangue. he liked it, Extra-Judicial Comment The Prince of Wales made his first public speech, the other day, upon attain- ing his majority, and we no long2t wonder that he remained in the minority so long. Fortunate indeed is the man who doesn’t know he is doing his best until it is too late for him to spoil it. comicbooks.com