Judge, 1883-01-20 · page 15 of 16
Judge — January 20, 1883 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is predominantly **advertisements** for patent medicines and consumer goods typical of the late 19th century, interspersed with one satirical poem. ## The Satirical Content **"The Poet's Lay"** is the only editorial content, a humorous poem mocking impoverished poets. It parodies Tennyson's romantic style while depicting a starving writer whose landlord demands payment and whose literary efforts go unpublished. The satire contrasts the poet's flowery language about "fancies sweet and rare" with his actual desperate poverty—he cannot pay rent and must pawn his clothes. The joke culminates when he tears up his work in frustration, with the editorial note that editors prefer wealthy contributors whose checks don't bounce. ## The Advertisements The bulk of the page advertises remedies (catarrh cures, hair restorer, consumption treatments) and luxury goods (pianos, book binding services)—typical of Gilded Age magazines. These ads are not satirical but genuinely commercial, reflecting the era's patent medicine industry before FDA regulation. The page overall demonstrates how 19th-century satirical magazines funded themselves through advertising while maintaining editorial commentary on contemporary life.
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CATARRH ANFORD'S ‘The Great American RADICAL CURE, Ikamic Distillation of Witeb Tncipient Care begins permanent, and ie Box Catarrhal Solvent apd Santont’s Intaler, all In one package, of all druggists for $1. Aa tor Suxrono’s Hapiest Cee 5 & POTTER, Boston. BEHNING FIRST-CLASS GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT PIANOS. Warere : IE, Mth St, and 129 EB, 125th St. Pactory N. F, corner 124th and Ist ave., New York. 3L Broadway, New York. 86,00 OWENS’ Reliable Hair Restorer For restoring gray hair to its natural color, preventi 5 preserving and beautifying the ad by druggists at nd 7. : Crittenton’s, FITS= Goadt treated and eared more cue MUSIC: PF, P. TRIFET, 25 SCHOOL ST., BOSTON, hair. 6 London Physician e« OBESE Fiero fis: Prom Am. Journal of Medieiza. OF MAKING MANY DOORS THE! THE JUDGE. THE POET'S LAY. 0 Lady Flora, | ATennyson, Wut joy! to bo a lovesome poot Breathing fancies sweet and ru ‘Though no other mortal knows it This wore bliss beyond compare, ‘Thus the poot softly gusheth Lady Flora take my lay, Qu ting Cochin pullets jor layors every way. The poet's t f wild wisheth ded laying would and to hatching Something in the shape of food, Fort Torn to sett lays her warbler warbleth eful sound, Put upon a booming market Bring about 1 et. per tb, Her best gown is past re-turning, mn # peep out, y under-fannel blusheth ‘Through his trousers She would fre ‘at worn out. gladly barter this sonnet, free and Ity find no meaning in row the thing away Siena so marche: wit very wealthy pase more than tfty ¢ AU that rate a poor man would haveto put ar bil That's why editors’ walk opel y Blizzard. ar is 40 9 —uil ¢ the landlord, come to my hot Ivs very ¢ fieted ths Journal, have a fool retirin friends are invariably so they forget to pay his bill.” —Somercitte Ox of the members of the present Congress will edit a newspaper after his term expires. able to record so remarkable a nd hope that the fact of his will not hinder him fr editor. — Exchange Md rapid advance- been a Con- man Tuy were passin eg with faces lovely that princ the street the other day two lad as the faire down upon the cold, hard pavement red: * Darn such pavements simply re- *—Erchange OSSS ROYAL BEL! AST GINGY: MANUF i 18 NOE NEAT WEBER GRAND, SQUARE and UPRIGHT PIANO FORTES, CATALOGUE MAILED FRE ON APPLICATION. WAREROOMS Sth Avenue and West léth Street, NEW YORK CITY. thing wi HOREHQUADaTAR pk THE CURE OF COUGHS, COLDS, DIFFICULT BREATHING, ANI All Affections of the Throat, Bronchial Tubes, and Lungs, leading to Consumption. jy This toate remedy. te mes} of the HONEY of 1 fehound, in ehetoleal unlots witty TAR UALM. OXI the Live PRISCIPLEG jest thee ABIES BALSAMBA, OF Lait HOARSENESS, covaus, COLDS, &e. New Yore. ite te HALES HONEY OF Heth. cheerfully HILL'S HAIR AND WHISKER DYE 50c. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in One Minute. GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP. ont al REMEL SRIN DISEASES id Yor KEAUTIEY Ne ~ Boware of Imitations! ITENTON. Proprietor, New York, CONSUMPTION. ANT BOOK. BINDING, From the Plainest to the Most Elaborate Styles, Emblematic Books, Specimens on esizns for all the 1 xhibition Leading Subscription IF YOU WANT GOOD WORK, AT LOW FIGURES, AND SAVE NTS COMMISSION, COME DIRECT TO JAMES E. WALKER, 14 Dey St., N. Y. YORK HERALD, 1%: AT SHORT NOTI IND TIMES, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE. SPECIALTY. comicbooks.com