Judge — September 21, 1929 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine, September 21, 1929 This is a satirical cartoon about bridge, the popular card game of the era. The title "Lenz $14,000.00 Bridge Contest" likely references a famous 1929 bridge competition involving Harold Vanderbilt and Ely Culbertson—major figures in bridge's early competitive history. The cartoon depicts three people playing bridge at a table, with the caption "SOME CLASS!" The satire appears to mock the pretentiousness and social aspirations surrounding competitive bridge among the wealthy. The elegantly dressed woman in the center represents the game's glamorous appeal to high society, while the composition suggests the ostentatious nature of high-stakes bridge tournaments that captured public attention during this period. The joke targets bridge's status as an elite social pastime.