Judge — October 4, 1924 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "Abroad at Home" — Judge, October 11, 1924 This illustration by C. Berthon Cutts depicts a fashionable woman reclining in a chair, reading what appears to be a travel magazine or brochure. The caption "Abroad at Home" suggests satire about domestic leisure activities mimicking foreign travel. The joke likely mocks 1920s middle-class aspirations: people could experience "abroad" (exotic foreign cultures) while remaining at home through reading, imagination, or perhaps newly available travel literature and entertainment. The woman's relaxed posture and focused attention on the publication emphasize armchair tourism as a substitute for actual travel—a commentary on either economic constraints or the growing consumer culture of leisure fantasies during the prosperous 1920s.