Judge — July 18, 1925 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical cartoon depicts women visiting a zoo or animal enclosure, with a sign reading "DO NOT FEED THE MONKEYS." The title reads "DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN EVOLUTION" (likely a pun on "Revolution"). The satire appears to mock women of a particular social class or organization—possibly the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), a real patriotic women's society founded in 1890. By showing fashionable women in front of a monkey cage, the cartoonist suggests a comparison between the women and primates, implying they are foolish, superficial, or intellectually base despite their claims to refined patriotic heritage. The joke mocks both the women's pretensions and perhaps the DAR organization itself, satirizing their exclusivity or their actual nature beneath their genteel veneer.