Judge — February 2, 1924 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from John Held Jr.'s "Alphabet of the Younger or more Rising Generation" satirizes 1920s youth culture through two illustrated entries: **"N is for Necking Also for Nut"** shows a flapper and man in an intimate embrace, mocking the era's "necking" (kissing) trend that scandalized older generations. **"J is for Jazz and Nothing Else But"** depicts energetic dancers, satirizing young people's obsession with jazz music and dancing—behaviors considered morally suspect by traditionalists. Held, a prominent 1920s cartoonist, used these entries to both document and gently mock the "Younger Generation's" rebellious departure from Victorian propriety. The exaggerated, lively illustrations capture the era's moral panic about flappers, jazz, and changing sexual mores among American youth.