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# Analysis of "High Hat" Page from Judge Magazine This is primarily a humorous gossip/opinion column rather than a political cartoon. The author satirizes 1920s youth culture and social trends: **Main targets:** - **Tattooing parties in Chinatown**: Mocks young people's fashionable slumming and adoption of exotic trends - **"Sober parties"**: Ironically criticizes Prohibition-era social events where no alcohol is served, presented as absurdly trendy - **Theater reviews**: Comments on the play "Hallelujah" (about apocalypse) and expresses frustration that critics ("Brother Nathan") dismissed it - **Bridge card game**: References new 1926 rule changes **The satire's point**: The "High Hat" column affects world-weary sophistication while chronicling how the younger generation chases frivolous fads. The fake testimonials below parody absurd advertising claims. The small illustration shows a couple in formal dress—typical 1920s social commentary imagery. The overall tone is affectionate mockery of Jazz Age excess and changing social mores.

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Miss Edith G—, of this here now metropolis, writes in and informs me that the latest fancy of the so-called younger set is to go on “Tattooing Parties” it seems that there are professional tattooers down where the queue begins (Ha! ha! that's Chinatown!) so the boys and girls have inaugurated the brilliant idea of going there and getting all tattooed up... . my gracious, what's the younger generation coming to! —f Speaking of the young generation d parties, have you been to a “Sober Party” yet? it’s a brand new idea—no liquor of any kind is served and you'd be surprised what a kick there is to it... . it’s so different! Wouldn't it be ter- rible if this idea caught on and be- came popular! i Remember the drink I told you about last week the drink made of black tea, brewed and bottled? . . . Well I made some, bottled it and let it stand for two days ..... Now I know why they say it has a kick the kick comes when you taste the darn stuff—it’s terrible! > I think I must be going a little cuckoo . . the other night I went “Glory and gota. great kick June Walker's per- to see a new play called Hallelujah” formance, I thought, was wonderful and Charles Bickford’s, in fact the whole -and the idea of the play (the expected coming of the world to an end) interested me tre- mendously the way the im- pending doom of it was built up and its reaction on different people, the hysteria, the Government. bulletins over the radio, the placing of the country under martial law, the ereep- ing cold and darkness appealed to my imagination... . and Brother Nathan and the other critics panned it!..... I've been planning for the r to go and see “Abie's Irish se,” but I'm afraid to now... . I'd probably like it! pp My book review this week con- sisted of reading Work’s new book on Bridge with the new 1926 laws.... I omnert to win a lot of money now. sees By the way, have you played it makes a great game you score only for the number of tricks you bid no matter how many you take 1,000 points for a Grand Slam and 500 for a “little,” but you have to bid it! ft The Six Best “Steppers:” “The Blue Room” (The Girl Friend). “The Girl Friend (he Girl Friend). “After I Say I'm Sorry” (No show). “Whistle Away Your Blues” (Greenwich Follies). “A Girl in Your Arms” heart Time). “No Fooling” (Palm Beach Nights). fe (Sweet- Next week is the big Saturday Evening Post Number so there will be no “High Hat”... . Hurray! | Unpublished Testimonials Or Why the Ad Men Have to Write Their Own Quiltie’s Cute Cigar Stores Free years and years back I never could find the kind of cigars I really wanted, even. in dry weather, Usually they was too light, too short or sometimes even stepped on and all broken up which afterwards was I the same. Then I read about your secret system of giving four times so many coupons but each one worth a eighth of what usu: they was, with matinees on Tuesdays and Satur- days. To-day I am completely re- covered and if it wasn’t for Quiltie’s Cute ur Stores, what with telephones, sandwiches, witchazel, radios, graham crackers, and motor boat engines, I would of got soaked through to the skin many’s the time. stamps, Rosie’s Rosin for Rare Rabbitts Many, many years ago came to our house my baby sister since she is just about to get herself married already and when we was riding together our bieyeles up parks and through the tunnels just outside the sitting-room she fell out of the carriage and knocked three of her spokes out so that left only her and me if all of us should be counted. She didn’t seem to mind it at first until one day the windshield went to pieces and for weeks she never could sleep before she went to bed, but now we got some of your Rosie’s Rosin for Rare Rabbitts and is all having a fine time once again. Hoping your is better. too, ete,, if any. Richard Wallace UR, Ce = Ani Hera ite QUIETLY anna off your coat sleeve, Frank, there is dust on it,” said a fellow the other day to the great detective, who was also something of awit. “There is no need for brushing off the sleeve, I shall simply brush off the dust,” replied the latter quizzically. The mortification of the first speaker was extreme. comicbooks.com