Judge — September 3, 1921 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "The Flapper's Dream of Heaven" This 1921 cartoon depicts a young woman ("Susie Sipley, the Soda Fiend," per the header) sitting at a soda fountain, gazing dreamily at an enormously tall glass of soda overflowing with whipped cream. The title "The Flapper's Dream of Heaven" satirizes the newly-visible "flapper" subculture—young women of the 1920s known for rejecting Victorian propriety, wearing shorter skirts, and embracing modern freedoms. The joke equates a flapper's idea of paradise with indulging in a massive soda drink, mocking both the consumption habits and the perceived shallow pleasures of this generation. The exaggerated scale of the soda emphasizes the satire. This reflects older generations' disapproval of flapper culture and their tendency to caricature young women's independence through material excess and frivolity.