Judge — May 26, 1928 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine, May 26, 1928 This cover depicts a flirtatious scene in Paris captioned "Judge Junior Is in Paris!" and "Something to Write Home About." The illustration shows two well-dressed figures—a man in a dark suit and a woman in 1920s fashion with a cloche hat—seated at a small table with a lamp, suggesting an intimate Parisian café encounter. The satire targets wealthy American tourists, particularly young men abroad during the Jazz Age. "Judge Junior" likely refers to the magazine's affluent readership—sons of the American upper class traveling to Paris, which was a popular destination for Americans seeking leisure, romance, and escape from Prohibition-era America. The joke implies these young tourists would engage in romantic pursuits they'd write home about, capturing contemporary attitudes toward American excess and European tourism.