Judge, 1924-12-27 · page 4 of 35
Judge — December 27, 1924 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two main sections: a glossary of slang terms ("The Flapper's Webster") and illustrations with humorous commentary. **The Flapper's Webster** satirizes 1920s youth slang associated with young women (flappers) and their social culture. Terms like "Bacchanalia" (Sunday school picnic), "Crushing" (attraction), and "Cake-eater" (narrow-pants wearer) mock the era's emerging modern youth vocabulary and behavior that older generations found bewildering and scandalous. The illustrations above show domestic scenes and winter activities. The "Christmas Morning" cartoon and the motorist's winter sports scene appear to be genteel, if somewhat idealized, depictions of middle-class leisure activities—suggesting satire of contemporary lifestyle aspirations rather than pointed political commentary. The page primarily mocks generational and cultural tensions of the Jazz Age.
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4 Hot: See mamma; also red; also papa. | Mamma: See papa; also red hot. Moron: See Phi Beta Kappa. Pettin Spooning, 1924 model; quite safe. Papa: See mamma; also red hot. Pre-w Hah, hah! Pyj 3 Phi Beta Kappa: Danger—keep away! Roadster: Bring along your roller skates. Rug - jumper: A__front-parlor hound. Roll-your-own: A quick turnover. si For women only. Snake: A guy with a good line. Thrill: What happens with a Harvard man; see roadster. Wood alcohol: See cemetery. “Village”: Not so rural! Arthur L. Lippmann tt “Man wants but little here below,” To please his little nature But when he wants a little more, He joins the legislature. sae Every town is a dry town to the total stranger. He calls his wife Crystal because she’s always “on the watch.” CHRISTMAS MORNING Ma Cravs—Well—where were you all night? The Flapper’s Webster Biccuasattan: A Sunday school pic Crashing: Quite the thing. Cocktail: How father used to —bell bottoms. College: Sh! sh! Dive: Admission by card only. Finale-hopper: —Soft-roll coat; heavy collegiate. Flask: Oh, boy! Gin: Anything in a bottle. Hip: A flask’s garage. See Gilda Gray. Hootch: God’s gift to man. Heavenly: Valentino or Gloria \ Swanson. The motorist’s idea of winter sports. comicbooks.com