Judge — July 18, 1925 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine Analysis - July 18, 1925 This is the cover of Judge's "Evolution Number" issue. The central image depicts a man in formal dress emerging from or transforming out of a large monkey silhouette, illustrating the concept of human evolution from primates. The caption reads "PIN THE TAIL ON THE MONKEY" — a playful reference to the children's game "Pin the Tail on the Donkey," repurposed here as satire about evolutionary theory. This likely reflects the intense "evolution debate" of the 1920s, particularly following the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee, which tested laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in schools. The cover satirizes both evolutionary theory and its cultural controversy by treating it as a parlor game, mocking either evolutionists or their critics.