Judge, 1927-01-29 · page 11 of 36
Judge — January 29, 1927 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This is a humor column titled "High Hat" featuring social commentary and reader letters from what appears to be the 1920s-30s era. **Main content:** The page mocks Roger Kahn's nightclub "The Perroquet" for being excessively decorated with glass, making it uncomfortable rather than elegant. A separate letter from cartoonist Jefferson Machamer humorously complains about the magazine's criticism of his work, using exaggerated excuses (golf injuries, nervous breakdowns) before the editor deflects with sarcasm. **Social references:** References to Radcliffe and Harvard colleges suggest Ivy League social hierarchies and romantic tensions between institutions. Mentions of nightclubs, golf, and Schrafft's (an upscale restaurant) reflect upper-class leisure activities. **The satire:** The humor targets pretension in upscale establishments and the defensive prickliness of contributors. The tone is playful mockery rather than harsh political critique—typical of Judge's light social commentary on urban sophistication and etiquette.
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JUDGE WA Roger Kahn’s Perroquet certainly has a lot of glass! . . . it’s just about the glassiest place I've ever been in the floor’s glass, the tables are glass, the waiters have glass arms and the customers a glassy stare with so much glass it’s not difficult to see why the Perroquet is a flop the customers are about as com- fortable as the goldfish in the tables they sit at ham on gold platters and most of the . the darn place reminded me so much of Schrafft’s it was all I could do to keep it’s a case of serving hams are from Toway . . from ordering a chocolate soda . the official song of the Perroquet should be “Glass Bottom” . . . . how- ever there’s one thing that’s not glassy about the place and that’s a lady named Rosita who's just about the most graceful gel in this metrop- i George Olsen told me, George and I are just like this (busi- ness of crossing fingers) that night clubs have got to be small to go over people simply don't like a big place like to be jammed in and if the dance floor is bigger than a dime they're sore. . . Ce aed A very snooty letter from one Jefferson Machamer “Dear Judge, Jr.: Your occasional sickening criticisms of my draw- ings for High Hat have been called to my attention. I just can’t stand it any longer. I’m not strong, you know! Last spring my putting went bad and compli- cations set in and my nervous system broke out in teeny rash spots and left oblong little holes all over the golf course. I'm sure you are not one to hit a man when he’s pull- ing a cork out of a bottle. Must I tell your public of your terrible be- havior at the Pirate’s ball and other jernts? Gincerely yours, no end Jefferson Machamer.” - Let him without gin cast the first stone, Jefferson! .... No one ever saw me spending the evening sleeping on a brownstone stoop! and I could go on and on ad finitum, if I wanted to belittle! Se LA A bird who signs himself John Harvard says that the young Phi Beta Kappa lady who wrote in from Radcliffe was very untruthful, or the letter was a fake, because “no Har- vard man, no matter how intoxicated he might be, would accost a girl from Radcliffe”... . there’s evidently ill feeling between the two college: suppose Radcliffe was too rough! Hal Lovette from San Francisco sends in a recipe that sounds mighty good . . . . . Gordon water and Orange Sherbet, half and half—fill glasses three- quarters full and add charged water he calls it an “Orange Blossom” he also wants to know if I wear a mustache Hal, no! tf The Eighteenth Edition of “Here's How” now being printed! you haven’t ordered your copy, or I mi, say “‘copies, now! (Advt.) “yp Qre comicbooks.com