Judge — February 28, 1920 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# "Sunday Evening at Mrs. Futleigh's" This is a social satire cartoon from *Judge* magazine (February 28, 1920) depicting a wealthy drawing-room gathering. The caption and dialogue mock upper-class pretension: - A woman asks about an absent guest: "She quit the Follies, you know; she's not playing at present" - Response: "Oh, and hasn't she anything in view?" - Punchline: "Well, yes, but not as much as she had in the show" The joke targets both the social climbing of entertainment industry figures and the voyeuristic nature of theatrical performance—suggesting that a performer's stage costumes (or lack thereof) were her primary claim to status. It's satirizing how wealthy society both judges and secretly admires performers, particularly showgirls known for revealing costumes.