Judge, 1928-05-19 · page 10 of 36
Judge — May 19, 1928 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# "Puppets of Passion" — Judge Magazine Satire This is a title page for a serialized satirical story mocking 1920s youth culture and "bohemian" rebellion against social conventions. The story follows "Dawn Ginsbergh," a caricatured young woman who embodies the period's moral anxieties about liberated youth. The satire targets: - **The "flapper" era** and young women rejecting Victorian propriety - **Melodramatic excess** — Dawn's dramatic declaration about preferring life to being an "Alderman" (a conventional, respectable position) - **Sexual liberation** — her multiple lovers and open disregard for monogamy - **Self-indulgent youth** — playing "tag" with health concerns while reveling in hedonism The circular illustration shows a social scene (possibly a nightclub or speakeasy), reinforcing themes of youth's "hot revolt" and loose morality. Judge's satirical tone suggests disapproval of these modern transgressions against traditional values, presenting them as ridiculous rather than admirable.
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PUPPETS of PASSION A Throbbing Story of Youth’s Hot Revolt Against the Conventions awn Ginsnenatt lay in her enormous sixtecnth- thing. Dawn, you must know, was very fond of being century four-poster bed and played tag with alive. In fact, as she used to remark to Nicky Nuss- her blood pressure. baum, the most devoted of her lovers: Oh, it was so good to be alive on this “I would rather be alive than be Alderman.” i glorious May morning instead of being dead or some Such was Dawn Ginsbergh, impetuous dashing Dawn comicbooks.com