Judge, 1916-07-29 · page 27 of 28
Judge — July 29, 1916 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. Judge magazine is promoting a mail-order print collection titled "Judge's Five Bathing Girls"—five color illustrations by renowned artist James Montgomery Flagg, each 11x14 inches, selling for $1.00 total (25 cents per print). The individual cartoon titles shown are: "A Spring Chicken," "A Chicken Sand-Witch," "Look Before You Leap," and "A Shock Absorber." These appear to be lighthearted, flirtatious illustrations of young women in bathing attire—typical of 1916 magazine humor featuring attractive female figures. The "satire" is gentle wordplay: titles like "Shock Absorber" and "Spring Chicken" pun on the bathing girls as decorative wall art for summer bungalows. The headline's question—whether readers have "room"—references both wall space and double-entendre about accommodating attractive women. This reflects early 20th-century magazine culture where such prints were popular home décor, and humor magazines regularly commodified images of fashionable, attractive women.
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Have You Room for Five Little Bathing Girls in that Summer Bungalow? If you want a bright spot or two on your walls this summer, Judge's five little girls are waiting. vill you In full colors, mounted on a heavy, double mat, I1 x 14, ready for the frame, these five pictures which sell for twenty-five cents apiece will be sent you for “\ SPRING CHICKEN” James Montgomery Flagg $ 1 00 Attach a bill, money- order, check or stamps to coupon below and mail it in today. wa a Union. id the draw- Judge 7-20-16 “A SHOCK ABSORBER” of Judge By James Montgomery Flags y Art Print Dept. 7 225 Fifth Ave., New York dl JUDGE ART PRINT DEPARTMENT,” grciosea nd $1.00. Please 7 eend me Judge's Five Bathing 7 Girls as advertised. 225 Fifth Avenue New York City ff comicbooks.com