Judge — May 19, 1928 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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# Dana Machamer: "Custom Stale Her Infinite Variety" This appears to be a title page or section header for Dana Machamer, likely a cartoonist or illustrator for *Judge* magazine. The sketch shows several elegantly dressed women in what appears to be an interior social setting, rendered in Machamer's characteristic loose ink style. The caption "Custom Stale Her Infinite Variety" is a satirical play on Shakespeare's famous line about Cleopatra ("age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety"). The joke appears to target fashionable women or high society, suggesting that despite claims of infinite variety in fashion and style, their customs and appearances have become predictable or "stale"—a commentary on repetitive fashion trends or the homogeneity of wealthy women's social circles. The OCR text is heavily corrupted, making fuller context unclear.