Judge — August 30, 1924 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "The Right Stick to Use on an Approach" — Judge, August 30, 1924 This is a golf humor cartoon. The illustration shows a woman golfer mid-swing, with two men observing in the background near what appears to be a golf flag. The caption's double meaning—"stick" referring both to a golf club and to courting strategy—suggests the cartoon jokes about using the proper approach with women, likely playing on 1920s anxieties about changing gender roles. The flapper-style woman (short dark hair, contemporary dress) represents the modern, independent woman of the Jazz Age. The humor appears to satirize either male uncertainty about how to "approach" these newly liberated women, or perhaps comments on women's increasing presence in traditionally male leisure activities like golf. The cartoon reflects 1920s social commentary on shifting gender dynamics.