Judge — September 12, 1925 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine, September 12, 1925: "Dangerous Curves Ahead!" This cover depicts a woman in 1920s fashion standing beside an oversized clock or scale. The phrase "Dangerous Curves Ahead!" serves as a double entendre typical of Jazz Age humor. In the 1920s context, "dangerous curves" refers both to the literal curved shape of the woman's body and to the social anxieties surrounding the "New Woman"—the modern, independent flapper who challenged Victorian norms through fashion, behavior, and lifestyle. The clock suggests time passing or racing forward. The satire mocks contemporary moral panic about women's changing roles and sexuality during the Roaring Twenties, presenting feminine modernity itself as a cautionary "road hazard" to warn against. The artist's signature reads "DeLacton Valentino" (or similar).