Judge, 1926-10-02 · page 13 of 36
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# "High Hat" - Judge Magazine Social Satire This page satirizes the newly proposed "High Hat Club," a fictional organization for Harvard playboys. The columnist (identified as "Judge Jr.") mocks Van Phelan's suggestion to create an exclusive club with absurd membership requirements—including proving one can "hold his liquor like a gentleman" and using "Hi, Hat!" as an official greeting. The satire targets 1920s elite pretension and the speakeasy culture of Prohibition. The main illustration shows well-dressed partygoers spinning a novelty cocktail shaker—the columnist's own invention, a "Tip-top" device. The joke is that this impractical contraption is presented as ingenious while the columnist admits nothing has resulted from his advertising schemes (he's been waiting for product delivery all week). Secondary jokes include recipes for fashionable cocktails ("The Crow," "The Gage") and listings of popular dance crazes. The overall tone mocks both nouveau riche social climbing and the era's cocktail obsession during Prohibition.
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JUDGE | | | WIG. Van Phelan, the Harvard prize playboy, certainly started something when he suggested getting up a High Hat Club and since printing his letter suggestions have been coming in thick and fast—mostly thick ... . it’s hard to tell whether they are kidding or not but some of their ideas are darn good ones... ..« an- other bird suggests as the official club greeting “Hi, Hat! another thinks no one should be admitted as a member until he has proven he can hold his liquor like a gentleman... . I suppose that would be called an Initiation Spree anyway, the aroused consider- able comment and we're open to suggestions! idea seems to ha -f For the past week I have been hanging out the window watching for packages to arrive as a result of my big advertising scheme, but I must confess I am disappointed no end .. There has been nothing but a y silence from Mr. Wills Sainte Claire and the Brooks Brothers .. . . However, my faith is still unshaken and every night when I leave the office, about six thirty, I place a burning candle in the window in case some delivery boy should lose his way. If you will study the very clever illustration (ah, there, Mac!) at the bottom of this page you will see that I am an inventor of no mean ability .... The “Tip-top” cocktail shaker which I invented right out of my own head in less time than it takes to get in a speak-easy, is not on the market as yet, but don’t you think it is a topping idea? .. . You see its very practical too... . it shakes the cocktails while it spins... . think of the happy faces gathered around the spinster, the merry laughter that rings out when somebody draws a and you, too, may have fun in your spare time and if it comes up “Take two” for you several times, you, too, may draw a blank! ..... Just think, you can put one of these “Tip-tops” in your dinner clothes, and take your best gal out for a i - Why the idea has endless LK Speaking of cocktail shakers, ran across a very smooth beverage which we will call the “Crow” because that is the name of the inventor and it also makes you fly Two-thirds Scotch, one-third lemon juice and a dash of Grenadine another one that comes from the frozen North is the “Gage” half Cognac and half Gordon Water that off! ote R. B. W., Jr., is hereby appointed New Rochelle Chairman of the Hid- den Beauty Contest for his valuable contribution to the already long list of Hidden Beauties and it is none other than the perfumery counter at Ware's Department Store.....a blonde in the Fur Department of Hollander’s has also been discovered by a Boston sleuth, th The Six Best “Steppers.” “Hugs and Kisses” “Ladder of Love” “Birth of the Blues —(Scandals “Why D’ya Roll Those Eyes (Americana). “Cross Your High). “Someone” -(Vanities). (Vanities). Heart” —(Queen (Naughty Riquette). comicbooks.com