Judge, 1924-08-16 · page 21 of 36
Judge — August 16, 1924 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This satire by John Held Jr. mocks the Ku Klux Klan by depicting KKK hoods absurdly incorporated into 1920s women's fashion. The cartoons show: - Bathing suits with KKK-style hoods - Lingerie featuring hood designs - Women at the Follies (a famous Broadway revue) wearing hoods on their knees - A woman walking a small dog ("Peke") while matching in KKK attire The joke satirizes both the Klan's growing cultural prominence in the 1920s and the era's flapper fashions. By rendering the Klan's most iconic symbol—their distinctive white hood—as a ridiculous fashion accessory, Held ridicules the organization's pretensions while mocking high society's adoption of absurd trends. The subtitle "(God forbid)" emphasizes the author's moral disapproval of the Klan's influence on American culture.
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THE KLAN INFLUENCE ON WOMEN’S FASHIONS (God forbid) The latest conceit in lingerie. The so-called “invisible at- tire.” The hood is trimmed with the same lace as the what-you-may-call-ems The last word on the Avenue—with a matching hood for the Peke a °| The Klan influence on the { Follies, the hoods are worn on \ige] the knees \ By Joun HEtp, Jr. comicbooks.com