Judge — July 17, 1920 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "A Bridge Party" - Judge Magazine, July 17, 1920 This illustration satirizes a **bridge party**, a popular 1920s social gathering where people played the card game bridge. The cartoon depicts two well-dressed figures in an exaggerated, comedic pose at what appears to be a bridge table, with dramatic gestures suggesting heated competition or drama over the game. The satire likely mocks the social pretensions and intense emotions surrounding bridge among the leisure class—a game that had become a status symbol and source of considerable social tension among affluent Americans in this era. The "Silly Season Special—100 Bits of Nonsense" framing confirms this is light, humorous commentary on trivial upper-class pastimes rather than serious political satire. The artist is credited as "Cesare Lowell" or similar.