Judge, 1927-11-05 · page 4 of 36
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# "Burn My Clothes" - Judge Magazine Illustration This page introduces a serialized novel titled "Burn My Clothes: A Novel of the Younger Set" by Norman R. Jaffray, depicting youth culture of the era (appears to be 1910s-1920s based on style). The illustration shows young people at what appears to be a prom or dance, with one character suggesting they skinny-dip in a pool. The caption quotes "Joy Gardiner" proposing this scandalous behavior. The sketch satirizes the perceived moral looseness and rebellious attitudes of young society members—a common Judge magazine target. The "younger set" refers to wealthy young people whose behavior was frequently mocked in satirical publications as frivolous, hedonistic, and defiant of Victorian propriety. The joke relies on readers' anxiety about generational decline.
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JUDGE my CLOTHES { A Novel of the Younger Set By Norman R. Jaffray “Let's all take off our clothes and swim in the pool!” shrieked little Joy Gardiner. CHAPTER I ana, bang, bang, bang, bang went the big B bass drum; the cymbals clashed; the clar- inets whined; and the saxophones wavered and rose in a high barbaric rhythm as the motley- clad dancers swirled about the floor. It was the night of the Prom. A little red devil had entered into Alicia’s soul; a devil that tempted her to smile under half-closed eyelids at her partner, handsome Dick Halliday of the football team. Her pulses beat with the mad tempo of the music; her white hand crept ever higher, higher to the collar of his coat. Pale Ronald Whiteley peered whimsically at her from the stag line. Yes, tonight she must choose between them. Halliday, the six-foot giant of brawn and muscle, one hundred and eighty pounds of co-ordinated nerve and sinew. Whiteley, the class poet: tender, gay, affectionate. Which would it be? CHAPTER II~ “LE all take off our clothes and swim in the pool!” shrieked little Joy Gardiner, her eyes bubbling with mischief. “But we haven’t any bathing suits,” protested Ronald Whiteley. comicbooks.com