Judge — January 13, 1917 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "Two A.M.—Watch Your Step!" This Judge magazine cover from January 13, 1917 depicts a cautionary scene about late-night socializing. The illustration by Norman Rockwell shows a woman in an elegant dress being escorted by a man in formal attire, while an older man in a coat watches disapprovingly in the background. The caption "Two A.M.—Watch Your Step!" suggests the satire concerns propriety and scandal. The late hour, the woman's animated pose, and the observer's stern gaze imply social judgment about unmarried couples socializing at inappropriate times. This reflects early 20th-century middle-class anxieties about morality, respectability, and the changing social freedoms of women during the Jazz Age period.