Judge — January 21, 1882 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements** with one significant satirical illustration. The main content is a large central cartoon titled "Some of the People That Go to Coogan Furniture Cor." at Bowery and Grand Street in New York. The cartoon depicts various working-class and immigrant figures—including what appears to be laborers, domestic workers, children, and families of modest means—all patronizing this furniture store. The illustration uses exaggerated caricature typical of the era, likely playing on ethnic stereotypes common to 1880s-90s New York. The satirical point appears to be **social commentary on class and commerce**: Judge is humorously suggesting that Coogan's furniture store serves "everybody"—a broad cross-section of NYC's working poor and immigrant population. The phrase "in fact everybody" emphasizes the store's universal appeal across social strata. The surrounding advertisements for shirt makers, tailors, jewelry dealers, and other vendors reinforce this as a magazine targeting urban, middle-class readers with commercial interests.