Judge, 1924-03-01 · page 4 of 36
Judge — March 1, 1924 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This page contains two satirical cartoons from *Judge* magazine: 1. **"Dentist—Junior! Naughty, naughty!"** shows a dental office where a young assistant is misbehaving while the dentist works on a patient. The joke satirizes workplace discipline and youthful misbehavior. 2. **"Noted Dressmaker"** depicts a fashion designer presenting an elaborate costume to society ladies, claiming it "combines all the important features of the styles for the last fifty years!" This mocks the fashion industry's cyclical trends and designers' pretentious claims—suggesting that "new" fashions are merely rehashed combinations of past styles. The exaggerated costume visually reinforces the absurdity of blending decades of disparate fashion elements into one garment. Both cartoons use humor to critique contemporary professional and consumer culture.
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Dentist—Junior! Naughty, naughty! thin men Noted Dressmaker—At last, ladies, we have succeeded in creating a costume that combines all the important features of the styles for the last fifty years! comicbooks.com