Judge, 1926-01-23 · page 12 of 36
Judge — January 23, 1926 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# High Hat: Judge Magazine Social Commentary This page from **Judge** magazine (a 1920s satirical publication) contains three main comedic elements: **The Hot Cocktail Anecdote**: A humorous story about an English visitor insisting cocktails be served hot—a satirical jab at affected British pretension and American hospitality. The punchline mocks both the visitor's absurd claim and the narrator's gullible willingness to accommodate it. **"Lizzie Labels" Section**: A humor column where readers submit fake newspaper headlines mocking contemporary annoyances—noisy pianos, bad radio performers, overwrought theatrical actors. This reflects 1920s frustrations with new entertainment technologies and culture. **Book Reviews & Entertainment Listings**: The column critiques nightclubs, musical recordings (including Cliff Edwards), and Broadway shows. The "Six Best Steppers" lists popular songs, reflecting Judge's focus on New York entertainment trends. The overall tone is lighthearted social satire targeting urban sophistication, entertainment fads, and modern inconveniences—typical of Judge's sophisticated, upper-middle-class audience during the Jazz Age.
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bones What next! What next! As our friend Mr. Houghton says so ably on . page AB) 5's esas Now we have An English friend of mine landed* here last week and burst into my spacious apartment (advt.) so, natu- rally, being a perfect host, I started to mix him a cocktail... ... Iwas just about to take some ice from my spacious ice box when he cried, “Rully, old chap, do you mean to tell me you Amurricans still drink your cocktails cold? The only way to really enjoy them is hot!” ..... Well, as I said before, being a perfect host and willing to try anything once, I emptied the contents of the shaker into a pan and let ’er sizzle! 2 SEEKS The rest of the week is really very vague to me...... They were “Hot” all right! a Knowing that January would be a very snappy month socially, and being one of the sort who would rather go out than read a book (Hl! who wouldn’t!), I turned the teViewing of books over to my sister. And this is what she has to report. wyeiea s “Read ‘Babbie’ by Mar- gatet Somebody Chalmers and, my dear,..... it’s just too ducky for words!..... You must read it! +... and then there was another | I almost finished that and it was too adorable... . . but I can’t remember the name... .. you tnust tead it.” te Haye got to revise my list of the Six Best Step:ins again. Mont- marte still heads the list, and, while I haven't even been there yet, I’m going to put Charlot’s Rendezvous second because anything connected with Beatrice Lillie, Margaret Law- rence and Jack Buchanan must be good! Mirador next. . . .Ciro’s aioe wae Lido and Chantee. —p— Cliff Edwards has a new record out of Berlin’s “Remember” that’s a humdinger. on The Six Best “Steppers”: “That Certain Feeling”’—(Tip- Toes). “Sweet & Low Down”—(Tip- Toes). “When Do We Dance”—(Tip- Toes). “You Haye Me, I Have You”— (Greenwich Follies). “Go South’—(Greenwich Follies). “Five Foot Two”—(No Show). AZLE © IABELS Suoprer—I want something for a fancy dress ba Headlines We’d Like to Read Noneress Votes High Tax on Banana Oil, Bologny, Apple Sauce and So’s Your Father. Citizens Given Authority to Smash Neighbors’ Pianos at First Note of “That’s My Baby.” “Not Guilty,” Verdict of Jury Trying Man for Killing Bass Who Sang “‘Asleep in the Deep.” Custard Pie Hurler Sought; Fat Girl Hit After Referring To Self as “Just Little Me.” Crazed Radio Fan Runs Amuck; Slays Musical Saw Soloist and Maims Sweet-voiced Announcer. Actor Badly Beaten by Mob After Threatening to Give Initation of Harry Lauder. Chet Johnson Evenour closest friends tellus the insidious things about it. JUDGE pays $5 for each one printed. Suoparrt (sweetly)—A mask prehaps? comicbooks.com