Judge, 1927-10-15 · page 58 of 68
Judge — October 15, 1927 — page 58: what you’re looking at
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This page features a society gossip column ("Highheels") documenting a week of upper-class nightlife in 1920s New York, alongside cartoons mocking excess and frivolity. The column name-drops celebrities and venues (Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Jack Dempsey, Eugene O'Neill, Governor Al Smith) attending Broadway openings and supper clubs. It satirizes the shallow preoccupations of wealthy socialites: elaborate gowns, jewelry, dancing, and social status. The left-side cartoons reinforce this satire through crude humor: a "Cuckoo Islands" sketch about searching for home (mocking aimless nightlife), a "Little Sour Cucumber" love song, and jokes about extravagance ("My Cuties at 2222 Day"). The final cartoon mocking an "auto lamp post for assisting night birds home" directly ridicules the nocturnal excess depicted in the column. The "Six Best Steppers" list references contemporary dance steps and popular songs, capturing Jazz Age culture. Overall, *Judge* uses the column and cartoons to critique 1920s social excess and moral decline during Prohibition era.
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