Judge — July 26, 1924 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine Cover: "She's No Scofflaw" (July 26, 1924) This satirical cover ridicules the enforcement of bathing suit regulations at beaches. A woman in a one-piece bathing suit stands prominently on a beach while shocked onlookers gesture in alarm. A sign reads: "ONE-PIECE BATHING SUITS MUST NOT BE WORN UNDER PENALTY OF THE LAW!" The joke plays on the term "scofflaw"—someone who flouts laws—suggesting the woman is *obeying* the law by wearing the revealing suit. This mocks absurd municipal beach codes of the 1920s that actually *prohibited* one-piece suits as indecent, requiring more coverage. The cartoon satirizes both the ridiculous nature of such puritanical laws and their enforcement during the Jazz Age, when fashion was becoming more liberal and women's clothing less restrictive.