Judge, 1922-07-22 · page 18 of 36
Judge — July 22, 1922 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not a satirical cartoon** but rather a **promotional advertisement** disguised as editorial content—a common Judge magazine practice. The satire lies in the **ironic headline**: "Fresh Air Farm for poor little rich girls—and boys." The Westchester Biltmore Country Club is explicitly a luxury establishment for wealthy families (600 acres, $6 million investment, polo fields, 400-room clubhouse). Calling it a "Fresh Air Farm" mockingly invokes actual charitable Fresh Air programs that provided poor urban children respite in the countryside. The joke: wealthy children don't need charity—they already have everything. By labeling an elite resort as a "Fresh Air Farm," Judge satirizes the pretentious self-regard of the wealthy, suggesting their children receive the same "character-building" benefits as poor children, just in incomparably luxurious surroundings. The photographs show the clubhouse, lobby, grounds, and architectural details—all meant to impress and demonstrate opulence while the headline undercuts the presentation with gentle ridicule of class privilege.
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A glimpse of the lobby of the clubhouse proper. of the formal opening of the club and grounds. The main clubhouse is in the background with the sports house and locker house at left. The club owns more than 600 acres of beautiful, rolling grounds in the glorious Westchester hills and represents an investment of morc than It embodies everything that one might desire in a country club—tennis courts, polo field, two golf courses, a main clubhouse of 400 rooms, separate bachclors’ quarters and a_ beautiful beach and bath house on the shore of the Sound. Sire on the west golf course on the day New York’s splendid new Fresh Air Farm for poor little rich girls—and boys Westchester Biltmore Country Club at Rye, New York The tout ensemble has been carried out with most remarkable taste and judgment. It is a playground for children as well as grown-ups, for bamboo slides, sand boxes, pogo sticks and hobbyhorses are supplied in abundance. It is a playground in which the whole family should find health and happiness. ‘omicbooks.com