Judge — November 5, 1927 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon depicts a mixed-gender recreational gathering, likely at a country club or resort. The scene shows men and women engaged in various athletic activities—tennis, golf, swimming, and other sports—across a landscape. The caption "Shall We Join the Ladies?" appears to satirize early 20th-century social conventions around gender segregation. Traditionally, after formal dinners, men and women would separate into different rooms. This cartoon seems to mock the absurdity of maintaining such strict divisions when people are already mixing freely in leisure activities. The humor likely targets outdated Victorian propriety—the question suggests men might *ask permission* to join women in sports they're already playing together, highlighting the gap between formal etiquette and actual social practice.