Judge — November 9, 1929 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "Somebody's Mother" — Judge Magazine Cartoon This sketch depicts a woman in a revealing dress, smoking a cigarette and holding a drink. The title "Somebody's Mother" appears to be satirical commentary on changing social norms, likely from the 1920s Jazz Age era based on the style and Judge's publication timeline. The cartoon likely critiques anxieties about modern women's behavior and independence—specifically the "flapper" phenomenon. The sardonic title suggests society's discomfort with mothers (or women generally) adopting supposedly "immoral" behaviors like smoking and drinking publicly, which were controversial and associated with moral decline among early 20th-century conservatives. The sketch employs Judge's typical approach of using exaggeration and irony to mock social hypocrisy or generational conflict.