Judge — April 24, 1926 — page 19: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page collects theatrical humor sketches from Judge magazine, satirizing early 20th-century social conventions. **Top panel**: Two men observe women golfing in knickerbockers (loose knee-length pants), then note they're actually "a couple of white girls"—the joke being that women wearing practical athletic wear was scandalous enough to seem gender-ambiguous to observers accustomed to full skirts. **Middle panels**: Social humor about popular entertainment and courtship rituals. "Keith" references Keith's vaudeville circuit; "The Choir Friend" shows a woman singing operatic lyrics while appearing less refined than her sheet music suggests. "Sunny" depicts flirtation between a man and woman. **Bottom panel**: Suggests planning entertainment for next week's publication. The overall satire targets changing social mores—women's athletic wear, vaudeville culture, and shifting gender norms—through gentle mockery typical of Judge's approach to contemporary society.