Judge — April 8, 1922 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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This is a humorous poem satirizing 1920s "flapper" fashion and appearance. The illustration shows two women: one seated, embodying the flapper stereotype with short dark hair, heavy makeup (pale face, dark eyebrows, rouged cheeks), and fashionable accessories like fur-trimmed spats and heeled shoes; the other standing in conservative black dress, representing older-generation values. The poem mocks flappers' exaggerated cosmetics and styling ("snow-white nose," "globular coiffure"—likely referring to the bobbed hairstyle) while backhanded-complimenting them as more attractive than conventionally masculine men in traditional dress. The satire gently ridicules both the flapper trend and contemporary gender presentation, reflecting generational anxiety about post-WWI women's changing social roles and appearance.