Judge, 1925-03-07 · page 3 of 36
Judge — March 7, 1925 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page (May 5, 1925) This satirical cartoon critiques gender dynamics and consumer culture of the 1920s. The main illustration shows a woman shopping while her husband waits at a "check room" staffed by attendants, paying 25¢ per hour for childcare-like supervision. The accompanying "questions Judge wants to know" are humorous non-sequiturs about contemporary trivia—references to The New Yorker magazine, Coolidge (President Calvin Coolidge), and Ford automobiles. The cartoon's satire targets husbands accompanying wives on shopping trips, depicting their waiting as equivalent to storing baggage or children. It reflects the era's gender assumptions about shopping as women's domain and men's reluctance to participate in retail, while simultaneously mocking the commercialization of leisure time through paid services.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
MAR -5 1925 © cl B652382 , } “*LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS” 1 } | WANTS TO KNOW-— 1 WHY the pens in the post office IF you've made out your income ii won't write? IF the New Yorker is going to be tax yet? 1M edited for the old lady in the Algon- | WHAT becomes of all the worked WHY they list Ford sedans under | out crossword puzzles? the heading of pleasure vehicles? WHO Nurmi is running around 4 IF Coolidge isn't getting the With? WHY some omen wear little | electric horse laugh? feathers in their hat bands? tie i | i | CHECK Your 1 HUSGANDS t 25¢ H 2 ij | | : | 1 i at SUGGESTION TO DEPARTMENT STORES | A check room for husbands who hare given out while shopping with the wife. ii . i Hl L __ _ st i} 5 | j | } comicbooks.com