Pulp Fiction, 1928 · page 22 of 68
10-Story Book, February 1928 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This is an **illustration** (not a cover) from an early-20th-century pulp magazine. The image shows a stylized Art Deco-era drawing signed "Clodd" depicting a woman in an evening gown surrounded by silhouettes of men in formal wear, with decorative masks and bottles visible. The caption describes a social scandal: a senior class president who visited the previous junior class president in her hometown and danced with her, sparking gossip among neighbors. The text warns boys against "chasing clear across the state after girls unless they've got a pretty good reason for it." The passage appears to address teenage social propriety and dating etiquette, likely from a youth-oriented or advice column section.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
It never entered the head of the president of the senior class that he might ruin the reputation of the president of last year’s junior class, by visiting her in her own home town and dancing with her to the tune of a creaky phonograph. But he did ruin it. What was left of it. Boys, said the neighbors, don’t go chasing clear across the state after girls unless they’ve got a pretty good reason for it! 6)(0)(6) ES (C(O) An) (C (C(O)