Judge, 1920-09-04 · page 17 of 32
Judge — September 4, 1920 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a satirical calendar page from Judge magazine depicting "When You Take Your Final Swim on a September Morn"—marking summer's end and autumn's arrival. The cartoons mock various September activities and historical events. Panel 4 shows "Apache Indians Surrounded" (1880), referencing Western conflicts. Panel 10 depicts "The Doughboys Sewing Machine" (1846), likely satirizing military preparedness. Panel 18 references the 1793 Washington D.C. Capitol cornerstone laying ceremony with crude humor about kissing. The recurring motif involves college football season. Panels show football practice with exaggerated violence—athletes being "dislocated," kicked, and generally brutalized. This satirizes the rough, dangerous nature of early American football. Panel 25 shows "Scrubs vs. Varsity," medical students observing the violence. The overall theme: September represents the return to serious activities—school, football, military matters—after summer leisure, portrayed through exaggerated violent and crude imagery typical of Judge's irreverent satire style.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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