Judge, 1921-09-03 · page 33 of 36
Judge — September 3, 1921 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct elements: **Top Advertisement:** A promotional ad for West Baden Springs, an Indiana resort hotel featuring mineral baths, sports, and entertainment—typical luxury travel advertising of the era. **Main Article & Cartoon:** "Hair vs. Efficiency" is a social commentary on women's bobbed hair—a controversial 1920s fashion. The article argues that women adopted short hair partly as retaliation against men's historical vanity about their own hair and grooming. It references the biblical Jacob/Esau story as ancient precedent for male hair-based deception. The accompanying cartoon by C.W. Kahles shows a woman supervising children in what appears to be a garden or yard, with a child covered in dirt. The caption jokes about a tomato patch being displaced onto the child's pants—a humorous domestic scene illustrating parental chaos. **Context for Modern Readers:** Bobbed hair was genuinely scandalous in the 1920s, seen as unfeminine and rebellious. This piece reframes it as women's witty social commentary rather than mere fashion rebellion—sophisticated satire typical of Judge magazine's educated, urban audience.
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West Baden Springs A beautiful estate in the most turesque part of Indiana, a ful hotel of unusual charm, of sports and entertainment, mu dancing, and delightful social Mineral Waters of Merit Baths Well-Directed and Equipped Send for Booklets pic- wonder- a diversity life. THE WEST BADEN SPRINGS COMPANY West Baden Hair vs. Efficiency (Continued from page 11.) knocking out her employer’s dignity in the first round. The man who plasters his hair down meticulously with ointments, usually has a mirror somewhere in On Monon & Southern RR's direct juxtaposition to his desk. A 20th century girl’s first impulse is to assist him, being adept in the art, but fear lest he will mistake her altru- ism for coquetry, or vampir strains her from offering her ser ices. Men do make just such mis- takes. And now we come to the mat- Drawn by C. W. Katies. “WHERE’S THE TOMATO PATCH I HAD PLANTED RIGHT THERE?” “JIMMY’s GOT IT ON HIS PANTS,” 33 Indiana ter of bobbed hair, the interesting point from which we started. Is it outside the realm of proba- bility that with man’s attention so long riveted upon woman’s nether extremities—she has sought to divert masculine eye-strain by this ultra modern “barberity”? Some men, musicians, artists et al, have long bobbed their hair as a badge cf genius. It is too bad to make com- monplace their eccentricity. Still, man has been playing the goat with hair ever since au’s brother se- cured a false blessing from his daddy by a hirsute trick. Perhaps woman has never quite forgiven him that act of deception and so, if she chooses to bob her crowning glory- is mere man that she is mindful of him? Of Course Not See America First,” 1y reference to wom- No, George, does not have 2 Cuticura Soap IS IDEAL: For the Hands |Soap,Ointment,Talcum.25c.everywhere. Forsamples address: Caticura Laboratories Dept. T, Malden, Mass. comicbooks.com