Judge — October 11, 1924 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This is a satirical cartoon depicting a volleyball game between two teams labeled "The Follies" versus "The Scandals." The players are drawn as young women in bathing suits, while male spectators wearing hats crowd the sidelines below. The humor targets college men's interest in theatrical revue shows of the era—Broadway's "Follies" (Ziegfeld Follies) and "Scandals" (George White's Scandals) were famous for their attractive chorus girls and risqué entertainment. The cartoon satirizes male college students' priorities, suggesting they'd be far more interested in watching scantily-clad women play volleyball than in serious academic or athletic pursuits. The exaggerated male enthusiasm (visible in the crowded, excited spectators) underscores the joke about shallow entertainment preferences among young men.