Judge — April 9, 1927 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine Cover Analysis (April 1927) This is the cover of Judge's "High Hat Number" issue. The illustration depicts a fashionably dressed woman in 1920s attire (bobbed hair, pearl necklace, elegant dress) lounging in a chair while smoking from a long cigarette holder. Beside her sits a small table with what appears to be cocktail glasses and a bottle—likely referencing Prohibition-era illegal drinking. The caption reads "Portrait of a Gentleman," which is satirical irony: the "gentleman" is actually a woman engaging in behavior typically associated with upper-class male sophistication or rakishness. This mocks both the "new woman" of the Jazz Age and the pretensions of high society during Prohibition. The humor targets changing gender roles and the flouting of alcohol laws among the wealthy elite.