Judge, 1926-12-11 · page 17 of 36
Judge — December 11, 1926 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This *Judge* humor page satirizes 1920s social anxieties about youth morality and changing manners. **The main satire**: The opening anecdote mocks pearl-clutching adults who view young people as dangerously "brazen"—the shocking example being a couple spiking orange juice with hidden flask liquor. This references Prohibition-era hypocrisy. **The "Apologia" section** parodies etiquette by offering a fill-in-the-blank apology card for guests to mail hosts after misbehaving. Checkboxes list various infractions (striking hostess, destruction of furniture, "extreme inebriation") with dark humor suggesting such bad behavior was common enough to warrant pre-printed excuses. **Secondary jokes** include references to nightlife in London and a plug for Carl Laemmle Jr.'s film studio using "High Hat" as a title—the page concludes with instructions for a drinking game involving a toppled hat. The overall tone is cynical about generational decline and social propriety during the Jazz Age.
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IMIG What, oh what, is the younger generation coming to! . . they’re getting more brazen ever: Wcrance something ought to be done about it —write your Congressman! . . . . just the other day, right in front of my very eyes, a young couple walked up to a soda fountain and got two glasses half filled with orange juice then the male deliberately extracted a flask from his hip pocket, filled the two glasses and they stood there and drank them! Long, long ago there was a fellow named Gus Christo, who wouldn't let me in Montmarte because I had short pants on... . however, I was a persevering lad and when I got my first long pants I walked up to the door and I said “Look, Gus!” and after that I was a steady customer. - well, all this leads up to the important news that Gus has opened a place at 72 East Fifty-sixth that’s a darb—best meals in town! I get a free meal for this ad! —>— Brother High Hats, the millennium hascome! Chas. P., of this fair city, has doped out an “Apologia” that fills a long felt want! No more re- morse! No more worryin’! Just check whatever crimes you were guilty of and mail it to your former hostess. Mr. regrets exceedingly his deplorable conduct while a guest al your U Dance last evening and humbly craves your pardon for the Breach of Etiquette checked in the column below C§iSpanking Hostess ORiding to Hounds in Drawing- room Riding to Hounds in Ballroom ssive screaming OFrequent absence from party Extreme inebriation Destruction of furniture C§oComplete loss of equilibrium Phrowing . nsulting guests ndiscreet petting Nausea triking Hostess with bottle | LNA T= Speaking of clubs, some thought- ful person from deah old Lunnon sent me several cards to night clubs in that fair ci . -allof them read “Dancing 10p.M. to GAM... .. those people over there know how to live! fh Speaking of pictures, [hate to talk about myself but Mr, Carl Laemmle, Jr., hitnself in person, has requested me to write the titles for some of his “Collegian” pictures, and he's going to call one of ‘em “High Hat!” fo New game, Lads! . . . . “High Hat!”... and it isn’t half as sappy as it sounds... . puta high hat, or any kind of a hat upside down on the floor and, Trom a distance of about ix feet, see how many ordinary ing cards you can throw into it it’s difficult no end and md great gambling game. comicbooks.com